[AusNOG] Ans So It Begins

[Kai]

I thought this was interesting:

Gillard backs controversial web filter
http://news.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/gillard-backs-controversial-web-filter-20101012-16hm0.html

and

The filter is right: Gillard
http://www.zdnet.com.au/the-filter-is-right-gillard-339306561.htm

Some comments on the ZDNet link are interesting.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Pierotti" <phil.pierotti at platformnetworks.net>
To: "ausnog" <ausnog at ausnog.net>
Sent: Wednesday, 6 October, 2010 8:05:07 AM GMT +09:30 Darwin
Subject: [AusNOG] Ans So It Begins

"The federal government has confirmed that circumventing the proposed internet filter could constitute a
criminal offence, and said it has not received any evidence suggesting the policy will lead to an increase in
encrypted internet traffic."

Maybe I'm just getting old-n-senile but I'd swear that previously we had been *very clearly* told that circumventing the filter would *not* be a crime.

So:
- as an ISP failing to implement the filter is a criminal offence.
- as a customer circumventing the filter is a criminal offence
- giving advice on how to perform criminal acts is (I'd assume) a criminal offence
- so teaching people about ways to circumvent the filter is a criminal offence

I'd say that someone's been watching too many Simpsons episodes. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgR0m-9FmM

Regards,

Phil Pierotti
Network Operations Manager
Platform Networks
www.platformnetworks.net
ph. 1300 854 678


-----Original Message-----
From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Fort
Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 2010 5:09 PM
To: Andrew Judson
Cc: ausnog
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Censhorship dead and buried?

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Andrew Judson <AJudson at internode.com.au> wrote:
> wow!
>
> "And it confirmed that most Australians roaming overseas would be filtered because in the end, their connections would go though a network in Australia."
>
> so glad I live in Australia, latency must suck OS

;-)

So is this just bad journalism or is Conroy's mental illness contagious?

Choice 1: route all my internet traffic via the corporate VPN from a
(for example) Verizon USB modem on the East Coast of the US and be
subject to Conroy's wishes.  Three weeks later, after my ACK to that
SYN+ACK, I'll have plenty of time to consider my next keystroke.

Choice 2: route only the 1918 prefixes via the VPN.

Move along.  Nothing to see here (apparently).

-a
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