Re: This DNS over HTTP thing

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

* jra () baylink com (Jay R. Ashworth) [Wed 02 Oct 2019, 23:21 CEST]:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Niels Bakker" <niels=nanog () bakker net>
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 1:42:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: This DNS over HTTP thing
>
> > * jra () baylink com (Jay R. Ashworth) [Wed 02 Oct 2019, 19:30 CEST]:
> > > > From: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood () comcast com>
> > > > What many people dismiss as 'lying' would be typically described as 'complying
> > > > with the law' in certain countries. It is unfortunate that operators in
> > > > countries with legally-mandated DNS blocks are criticized for the actions they
> > > > have no option but to undertake. IMO any such criticisms should more correctly
> > > > be directed at the laws themselves or the governments that put them in place.
> > >
> > > HTTP/451
> >
> > Completely different protocol than what the rest of this thread is
> > about, much more invasive wrt possibility of logging, and requires
> > a lot more infrastructure and actual lying in DNS to make work.
>
> Closed captioned for the analogy-impaired:
>
> "The idea you're talking about, Jason, is analogous to that embodied in
> the 451 error code in HTTP."

Oh, you weren't proposing a technical solution to a social problem?


        -- Niels.