[cooperation-wg] DNS-based filtering

Jim, Niall & all -

On 30.10.2013 11:48, Jim Reid wrote:
> On 30 Oct 2013, at 10:27, Niall O'Reilly <Niall.oReilly at ucd.ie>
> wrote:
>
>> I think it deserves to be outside the DNS technical community and
>> certain parts of the wider French Internet community.
>
> Indeed. However I'm unsure if this WG is the place for that as it
> probably won't reach that wider French(?) Internet community. Or
> those who are responsible for making regulations and laws in this
> area. The OP on bind-users had a Belgian email address BTW.
>
> That said, it would be worthwhile for this WG to try to develop
> something that explains the advantages and disadvantages of various
> approaches to traffic/content blocking: eg DNS tricks, various forms
> of blacklisting, DPI, etc, etc. There are laws and regulations on
> this topic popping up all over the RIPE service region and IMO it
> would be good if we could produce a document for legislators, law
> enforcement, IPR lawyers, etc.

one indeed can only wonder why such approaches that do *NOT* solve the 
underlying problmes keep popping up ever again. And why even worse these 
approaches are still turned into binding regulation and/or legislation 
despite their effectlessness.

It's like fighting poverty by putting up foldings screens around the 
homeless: out of sight, problem solved.

We have had the same discussion in Germany inlcuding a law that the new 
coalition (after the 2009 federal elections) asked for it not to be 
applied before the law got finally cancelled in December 2011. *)

In particular eco, Germany's ISP association, fought it heavily for 
obvious reasons. I'd assume that the arguments brought forward three 
years ago are still very vaild and could form a basis for the suggested 
document.

Best,

	-C.

*) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugangserschwerungsgesetz