From what I've seen in the article it sounds like some government
bureaucracy would issue a blacklist and network operators would be
required to update their copies of it as often as the blacklist is updated.
I'm also concerned about the freedom of speech issue. It sounds to me
like it would be easy for some faceless bureaucrat to "accidentally" ad
foxnews.com, drudgereport.com or some other site whose owners disagree
with the current administration's politics.
On 11/16/2011 6:52, Lisa Kachold wrote:
Hi Sam,
We miss you.
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Sam Kreimeyer <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
It's good to see an argument against these laws from a purely
technical perspective beyond reemphasizing how easy these protections
are to circumvent. The implementation of these blacklists could
inadvertently provide a vector to alter DNS behavior, especially if
they are required to obtain and update these blacklists from a trusted
source automatically. Considering the recent embarrassment surrounding
DigiNotar, implicit trust does have disadvantages.
Yes, trust is a serious issue.
While the technical implications are huge, the impact to our
constitutional rights is even greater, and it's strange this is not
being more broadly contented.
Never in the history of the United States has legislation that
potentially removes the individual from information, reduces our
constitutional rights, and remove the legal (liability) process in
favor of a police state been set forth.
The Protect IP Act
<http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/protect-ip-act#.TsO7x3Ec__g> and
Stop Online Piracy Act are opposed by EFF
<https://www.eff.org/issues/coica-internet-censorship-and-copyright-bill>,
OpenDNS
<http://blog.opendns.com/2011/11/08/an-open-letter-to-congress-about-sopa-and-protect-ip/>,
ISP's <http://www.protectinnovation.com/downloads/letter.pdf>,
American Civil Liberties Union
<http://www.net-coalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ACLU-Statement-to-HJC-SOPA-11-16-11-1.pdf>,
BiPartison Congressmen
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111115/09233216778/ron-paul-comes-out-against-sopa-joins-other-elected-officials-saying-no-to-great-firewall-america.shtml>
(Ron Paul), Intellectual Property Attorneys,
<http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/72831784> International Human Rights
Community
<http://www.net-coalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SOPA-letter-from-Intl-human-rights-community-1.pdf>,
Global Network Initiative
<http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/newsandevents/Open_letter_on_freedom_of_expression_intellectual_property_and_H_R_3261_the_Stop_Online_Piracy_Act.php>,
Consumer Electronics Group
<http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cea-reiterates-opposition-sopa-170100704.html>,
Public Interest Groups
<http://www.net-coalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Public_Interest_SOPA_Letter-1.pdf>
and nearly everyone else who cares about the current nature of
information have drafted letters to oppose these acts.
We each can also oppose these Acts
<https://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173>,
since, even with the opposition, it's not clear that they will not be
adopted in a watered down fashion.
On 11/15/11, Lisa Kachold <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/1115_cybersecurity_friedman.aspx
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