[132354] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Blocking International DNS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeffrey Lyon)
Mon Nov 22 00:00:54 2010
In-Reply-To: <889E2C96-FA4A-425F-B243-EAB8860CEAE3@jsyoung.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:43 -0500
From: Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon@blacklotus.net>
To: "Jeffrey S. Young" <young@jsyoung.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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> wrot=
e:
>
>
> 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 (C=
OICA) passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee
>>> with a unanimous (!) vote :
>>>
>>> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/pirate-slaying-censorsh=
ip-bill-gets-unanimous-support.ars
>>>
>>> http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=3Ds111-3804
>>>
>>> I claim operational content for this as, on the basis of court orders, =
i..e. a
>>>
>>> "temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or an injunctio=
n 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) o=
f title 17, United States Code, or other operator of a domain name system s=
erver shall take reasonable steps that will prevent a domain name from reso=
lving to that domain name=92s Internet protocol address;"
>>>
>>> This expedited DNS cutoff is only available for copyright violations, n=
ot 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 li=
kely.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Marshall
>>
>> I wonder what would happen if the Comcasts and Verizons of the world thr=
eatened a $10 rate hike to cover the added administration and headaches of =
this silliness? =A0Would 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. =A0It 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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