Evening, If you are a Telstra customer and connected by such you are being filtered.
DNS as Ronni has stated before is to change an IP address into english, a URL. Most sites they are chasing are IP based, so the filtering will be done before it reaches DNS servers. OpenDNS servers are based within US, and yes your free downloads and other ISP benefits could be adjusted, or blocked. But again most of these will be allocated by IP, so it could be a mute reasoning. Personally, being in networking less traffic is a better solution, cost and performance. Also as I have published you can improve your DNS, but there are consequences. It is a small cog in a massive wheel which people take for granted, and are unsure, or just expect to work without knowing consequences. Why do you think SPAM and Phishing attacks are successful. ISP's have been filtering some of the net already (Virus scanning, SPAM filtering, Content Filtering), due to above reasoning. Cheers! `RobD... On 07Jul2011, at 5:17 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: > > On 07/07/2011, at 4:52 PM, Paul K wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:09 PM, cm <cm200...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Matt, >> >> While I am not in favour censoring, we as yet have no indication at all that >> Telstra will do anything other than block child porn sites -- which to me >> isn't a bad thing. The worst case scenario is that some corrupt official >> manages to gain control of this process and by some as yet unexplained >> process turns this to his / her advantage by blocking sites that contain >> negative comments about them. If they are in the news they would have to >> block many of the major news sites as well such as the ABC. >> >> I think it may be reaching somewhat to suggest that there is political >> censoring unless you are referring to the blocking of porn sites. >> >> Cheers, >> Carlo >> >> >> >> Hi Carlo, >> >> As I read it, the general fear in many cases like this is that when given an >> inch people take a mile. >> Folk are concerned that later on it's scope could be broadened to other >> areas deemed unsavory by the regulators. >> One of history's lessons already learned by now I would have thought. No >> thanks little brother. >> I don't know how to stop child porn but I doubt if this does the job. >> >> Cheers >> Paul > > I agree Paul, > > Once they start censoring there is no stopping what they will censor and > eventually we ‘might’ end up with something similar to the “Great Firewall Of > China” (China’s misguided and futile attempt to control what happens online! > > I would love to see Child Pornography completely stopped, but Censoring the > Internet will not stop Child Pornography? > > One Article in the National Times here: > <http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/internet-filter-will-not-stop-child-porn-peddlers-20091217-kzfy.html> > > /Quote: > "It is ironic that at the very point where Australia seeks recognition as a > world leader in its vision for a National Broadband Network it may also gain > censure as legitimating a range of repressive policies pursued by some of the > globe's least accountable governments. Further, given that the filter will > categorise and block websites, but not other ways of communicating digitally, > the highly illegal and abhorrent activities of those who peddle images of > child sexual abuse are likely to continue with little additional > inconvenience.” > /End Quote > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
