[AusNOG] Ans So It Begins

[Matt Shadbolt]

Have you got an article/link on this Phil?

Matt.

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Phil Pierotti <
phil.pierotti at platformnetworks.net> wrote:

> "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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