[AusNOG] FW: Aust: 'Coonan seeks to censor the Web'

[John Lindsay]

Don't forget that the Labor party want to require all ISPs to filter  
ALL internet connections for whatever they decide is "bad".

So Labor = Liberal = Censored internet.

http://www.alp.org.au/media/0807/mscoit100.php

jsl
--
John Lindsay - Carrier Relations Manager - Internode and Agile


On 21/09/2007, at 11:45 AM, McDonald Richards wrote:

> Well I guess we should really only start worrying about this after  
> the next
> federal election - which should be happening real soon now :)
>
> I couldn't see online censorship as a good policy to have on the  
> table in an
> election year either....
>
> McDonald
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at ausnog.net]  
> On Behalf
> Of Matthew Sullivan
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:40 AM
> To: Curtis Bayne
> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] FW: Aust: 'Coonan seeks to censor the Web'
>
> Curtis Bayne wrote:
>> Hey Everybody,
>>
>> Would there be any interest in drafting and sending a formal reply to
>> the senator, on behalf of members of the telecommunications industry,
>> expressing our concern at the proposed legislation?
>>
>> I can't vouch for anyone else, but I know that I am deeply concerned
>> about the impact that this will have on smaller telecommunications  
>> and
>> service providers within the industry, not to mention freedom of
>> speech within Australia.
>
> Why show concern over something that is never going to work and  
> exposes
> the gross lack of understanding of the Internet of the present
> government...?
>
> Why will it not work?
>
> Think logistics, how will they enforce it and have all ISPs block
> traffic to the site?
>   --  Especially if the site is SSLd.
>   --  Especially if the site is hosted on a major overseas service
> providers' website.
>   --  Especially with the myriad of open (insecure) proxy servers  
> on the
> Internet.
>   --  Especially with services designed to defeat this kind of issue
> (think Tor).
>
> Is there any more I have forgotten?  (I'm sure there is).
>
> Regards,
>
> Mat
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