[AusNOG] Australian senate passes controversial anti-piracy, website-blocking laws

[Joseph Goldman]

This would be the logical, un-obtrusive way (in terms of implementation) 
to take effect, however it is easily bypassed (say setting 8.8.8.8 as 
your computers DNS), and if the ISP is further expected to help control 
that issue.

On 23/06/15 20:51, Shain Singh wrote:
>
>     Maybe infrastructure upgrades to support this blocking can be
>     rolled into the upgrades for Metadata retention. I am sure the
>     legislation is pretty vague about how the blocking will need to
>     happen (URL vs IP vs DNS).
>
>
> My 2c would be on a using DNS RPZ. You can then either use a manual 
> operated zonefile, or you can implement a subscription like service 
> (i.e. authoritative DNS server could be a government agency, etc.) 
> that sends zonefile updates.
>
> This is typically how blacklists are implemented in SE Asian countries 
> where the blacklisted domain (i.e. DNS resource record) can be 
> answered with NXDOMAIN or an A record of your choice (i.e. walled-garden).
>
>
>
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