> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:12:56 -0400 > From: Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> > > What happens when the US government comes-a-knocking, desiring to > manipulate data while claiming some sort of purview under the gestapo > legislation known as the PATRIOT Act (or <insert legislation name > here>)?
that's already happening. on a wide scale. every day. i did not let slip the dogs of war on this matter, in fact, i'm joining late. > The hooks provided by the ISC and used by the domain operator will > facilitate the DNS subversion nicely. Put another way, the ISC proposal > has just made it easier for US government abuses, and abuses which can > effect not only US citizens, but citizens of other countries. i think the govvies have better quality tools than this one, and that we'll very rarely see a standardized mechanism like this used for government intrusion into individual privacy and liberty. > Perhaps the ISC should also divest DNS interests from the US so that more > dns operators, immune from US control, are available to the community. depending on what the above turns out to mean, i might ask if you're insane. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
