On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > > Section 7.5 seems to suggest that there are cases where it is > acceptable to intercept DNS queries and redirect them silently. These > cases are typified as being "reasonable", "justifiable", &c. The > problem with any of this sort of thing is that it is the ISP who gets > to decide what is "reasonable". I presume that those ISPs who are > capturing and blocking or, worse, redirecting all DNS traffic think it > _is_ reasonable and justifiable. Since what is reasonable and > justifiable is right at the core of disagreement, reasonableness and > justifiability can't be the criteria. I suggest that discussion be > removed: there just is no reason to capture the DNS traffic. If you > want to turn someone off, _turn them off_.
Captive portals come to mind, e.g. to authenticate to a wireless access point, or to quarantine a customer's virus-infested computer. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
