> On 31 Dec 2019, at 22:35, Rob Sayre <say...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 7:07 AM Sara Dickinson <s...@sinodun.com 
> <mailto:s...@sinodun.com>> wrote:
> 
> Suggest the following text with the goal of getting consensus that the 
> opinion exists and is held by many network operators, not that the opinion 
> itself has consensus:
> 
> OLD:
> β€œ In some cases, networks might block access to remote resolvers for security 
> reasons, for example to cripple malware and bots or to prevent data 
> exfiltration methods that use encrypted DNS communications as transport.  In 
> these cases, if the network fully respects user privacy in other ways (i.e.  
> encrypted DNS and good data handling policies) the block can serve to further 
> protect user privacy by ensuring such security precautions."
> 
> NEW:
> β€œ Many network operators argue that they block access to remote resolvers for 
> security reasons, for example to cripple malware and bots or to prevent data 
> exfiltration methods that use encrypted DNS communications as transport.  
> Further discussion of Internet service blocking and filtering can be found in 
> [RFC7754]."
> 
> Well, this is a new form of "many people are saying..." to me. I sent a few 
> messages about specific sections of this document, which are yet to be 
> addressed, but I also think the entire document is misguided and shouldn't be 
> published.
> 
> It seems to contain a lot of "both sides" rhetoric that is ungrounded in 
> technical matters, and not appropriate for the IETF to publish.
> 
> For example, a reasonable person might look at ways of preventing and/or 
> uninstalling malware rather than relying on DNS to block it.

I think you misunderstood the point of the document. As the abstract says β€œIt 
is intended to be an analysis of the present situation and does not prescribe 
solutions.β€œ The original RFC was published on this basis, this document just 
extends the analysis. 

Sara. 

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