FYI, if you have the time/inclination, now would be a good time to review this IAB document and submit your comments.
Abstract: The Internet is structured to be an open communications medium. This openness is one of the key underpinnings of Internet innovation, but it can also allow communications that may be viewed as undesirable by certain parties. Thus, as the Internet has grown, so have mechanisms to limit the extent and impact of abusive or objectionable communications. Recently, there has been an increasing emphasis on "blocking" and "filtering," the active prevention of such communications. This document examines several technical approaches to Internet blocking and filtering in terms of their alignment with the overall Internet architecture. In general, the approach to blocking and filtering that is most coherent with the Internet architecture is to inform endpoints about potentially undesirable services, so that the communicants can avoid engaging in abusive or objectionable communications. Mat Begin forwarded message: > From: IAB Chair <[email protected]> > Subject: [IAB] Call for Review of draft-iab-filtering-considerations-06.txt, > "Technical Considerations for Internet Service Blocking and Filtering" > Date: 29 January 2014 16:16:56 GMT > To: IETF Announce <[email protected]> > Cc: IAB <[email protected]>, IETF <[email protected]> > > This is a call for review of "Technical Considerations for Internet > Service Blocking and Filtering" prior to potential approval as an > IAB stream RFC. > > The document is available for inspection here: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-filtering-considerations/ > > The Call for Review will last until 26 February 2014. > Please send comments to [email protected]. > > On behalf of the IAB, > Russ Housley > IAB Chair >
