<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 04/01/2010, at 2:34 PM, Pinkerton, Eric wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font>Preventing incoming DNS requests from outside your network could make sence, but stopping your internal users querying any external dns servers seems obtuse, perhaps I am missing something? <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div>...</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I was under the impression that the solution proposed combined a DNS and proxy. The DNS blocks or diverts banned domain requests to say an ad for counciling or whatever without impediment to other traffic, but requests for a page on a domain(or server) that also carries banned pages are diverted through a proxy server with a blacklist. <br><br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Take for example Google or OpenDNS's resolver service. If customers can query those then how are they going to be directed to a proxy?</div><div><br></div><div>Ditto for a VPN, things like Tor etc. Wet tissue paper has a higher security rating - especially if people are going to be avoiding it by accident! Hilarious.</div><div><br></div><div>This isn't about protecting kids or stopping people looking at illegal content. This is about the government saving face and giving a sop to the religious right. </div><div><br></div><div>If the government wanted to do something useful they'd fund more child protection officers and police to hunt pedophiles etc.</div><div><br></div><div>MMC</div><div>
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