Re: Congress may require ISPs to block fraud sites H.R.3817

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:07 AM,  <sthaug () nethelp no> wrote:
> > > Don't get hung up on the wording. A DNS blackhole list will do the
> > > trick as well. I don't think border ACLs on routers will be necessary.
> >
> > do you use your ISP's dns servers? does your corporate vpn?
>
> A DNS blackhole list makes it *appear* as if the government/police
> is doing something.

right, so now the site I go to MUST BE the real elbonia bank site,
because... the gov't protected me!

oops :(

> "We must do something. This is something, therefore we must do it."

ah, the 'make work' plan :(

> This way of thinking is alive and well in the form of DNS based child
> porn blackhole lists in Norway and several other countries. The fact
> that anybody who is *really interested* can easily evade these lists,
> for instance by using his own DNS server, does not seem to concern
> politicians or police...

yes, though in the case of CP the properties of the user are reversed
(in my mind at least)... 'searching out content' versus stumbling upon
content.

-Chris