simply put, they can't really do it. All of the proposed solutions are HTTP based only and have a variety of workarounds associated with them anyway. It could stop a kid I'm sure, but maybe not a determined one.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Kevin Shackleton <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm confused. > > I thought the whole idea of DARPANet was that it was bomb-proof - there > was always another route open. How exactly are the Thought Police going > to sit on every possible route into Oz? How well does the Chinese > government censorship work, in terms of bandwidth filtered? I bet it's > significantly under 100%. > > It seems to me, like metropolitan area wireless networks instill a > little bit of honesty into ISPs, to be up to sites with links to > international satellite service providers to resist any control from the > government and pass packets not just because they can but because they > should. > > Kevin. > > On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 17:46 +1100, meryl wrote: > > Heracles is right. The Filtering problem is more about stifling freedoms > > of speech and censoring the Net than it is about blocking child porn, > > and it is bound to be extended into other areas so freedom of speech > > will become a thing of the past for us in Australia. Apart from slowing > > down our already sluggish Internet speeds, if it is introduced it is > > likely to be extended down the track to include all manner of sites; > > possibly even political dissenters... if they get away with this and > > they'll add more and more sites to the list to the point where we may > > one day envy the freedoms that the Chinese have! > > > > Really the child porn issue is just being used as an emotional ruse to > > effect censorship controls because the purveyors of such material for > > the most part would most likely use VPNs and other evasive methods to > > avoid detection, as such their heinous activities will be totally > > unaffected by the filter. How about the government catch these crooks > > and lock them up instead of punishing all of us with this net-nanny > > filter. > > > > By and large the Filter will be way more detrimental to the > > average honest Internet user and the child pornographers will just sit > > back and laugh at the stupidity of Australian government. > > > > for more info see: > > http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25773857-953,00.html > > > http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/312845/statistics_experts_label_isp_filtering_trials_unscientific?fp=16&fpid=1 > > > http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/careful-big-brother-is-editing-you/story-e6frg7go-1225792964441 > > http://www.openforum.com.au/content/firewall-lies > > http://libertus.net/liberty/ > > http://www.efa.org.au/censorship/mandatory-isp-blocking/ > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8AZ21hCkIg > > and as always there's a "Downfall" video on the subject! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH35CVig3fQ > > > > cheers, > > Meryl > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
