On Nov 22, 2010, at 7:25 AM, Joe Abley wrote: > > On 2010-11-22, at 00:00, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: > >> Indeed, offshore resolvers, offshore DNS infrastructure and the >> progressive's futile attempts at interference with free markets is >> once again thwarted. We all know that U.S. law helps keep the internet >> safe </sarcasm> > > You don't think > > "(i) a service provider, as that term is defined in section 512(k)(1) of > title 17, United States Code, or other operator of a domain name system > server shall take reasonable steps that will prevent a domain name from > resolving to that domain name’s Internet protocol address;" > > could be taken as a requirement for providers to intercept attempts to use > off-network DNS resolvers and manage such requests to meet the end goal above? > > Given that many providers already do this (for whatever reason), it's not > much of a stretch to see someone declaring that such behaviour falls under > the umbrella of "reasonable steps". > > I'm not suggesting that I think any of this is reasonable or sensible, but it > does seem to imply an operational burden on service providers. > > If it does, then, you'll find open tunnel servers providing tunnels to off-shore DNS services.
Sigh. I really wish congress had better things to do than getting into a technology arms race with the people of the united states. Oh, wait, they do have better things to do, they just aren't doing them. Owen
