Re: Blocking International DNS

[Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon () blacklotus net>]

Indeed, offshore resolvers, offshore DNS infrastructure and the
progressive's futile attempts at interference with free markets is
once again thwarted. We all know that U.S. law helps keep the internet
safe </sarcasm>

Jeff

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Jeffrey S. Young <young () jsyoung net> wrote:
> On 22/11/2010, at 3:37 PM, ML <ml () kenweb org> wrote:
>
> > On 11/19/2010 3:45 PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> > > It seems that the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) passed through the Senate Judiciary 
> > > Committee
> > > with a unanimous (!) vote :
> > >
> > > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/pirate-slaying-censorship-bill-gets-unanimous-support.ars
> > >
> > > http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s111-3804
> > >
> > > I claim operational content for this as, on the basis of court orders, i..e. a
> > >
> > > "temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or an injunction against the domain name used by an 
> > > Internet site dedicated to infringing activities"
> > >
> > > it requires that, for foreign domain names,
> > >
> > > "(i) a service provider, as that term is defined in section 512(k)(1) of title 17, United States Code, or other 
> > > operator of a domain name system server shall take reasonable steps that will prevent a domain name from resolving 
> > > to that domain name’s Internet protocol address;"
> > >
> > > This expedited DNS cutoff is only available for copyright violations, not for other illegalities.
> > >
> > > Whether this has any chance of actually passing through this Lame Duck Congress remains to be seen, but my personal 
> > > reading is that that is not likely.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Marshall
> >
> > I wonder what would happen if the Comcasts and Verizons of the world threatened a $10 rate hike to cover the added 
> > administration and headaches of this silliness?  Would joe six pack care?
> I wonder if simply adding a second, off-shore resolver to Joe six pack's DHCP settings wouldn't circumvent this 
> silliness anyway.  It would be Joe's son or daughter who wants to resolve limewire.com (et. al.), but wouldn't be 
> that hard.
>
> jy
> >



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