[AusNOG] Internet companies forced to block The Pirate Bay, bittorrent websites in Australia, Federal Court rules

[Paul Wilkins]

>From the RFC Mark referenced (7725)

   This status code *can* be used to provide transparency in circumstances
   where issues of law or public policy affect server operations.  This
   transparency may be beneficial both to these operators and to end
   users.

Note where it says "Can", which is atypical, as RFCs are usually "should"
or "must". One good reason to NOT implement 7725, is where the RFC3986
blocking URI indicating the blocking server might become a DDOS target.

Kind regards

Paul Wilkins


On 16 December 2016 at 07:28, Mark Smith <markzzzsmith at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 15 December 2016 at 16:34, Nathan Brookfield
> <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au> wrote:
> > The Federal Court has ordered internet companies to block five
> > copyright-infringing websites, including torrent website The Pirate Bay.
> >
>
> Also be aware that there is now an official HTTP status code to return
> for this situation, so the webserver that generates the page
> describing why it is blocked should return it.
>
> "An HTTP Status Code to Report Legal Obstacles"
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7725
>
>
>
>
> >
> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-15/federal-court-
> orders-pirate-bay-blocked-in-australia/8116912?pfm=ms&pfmredir=sm
> >
> > Nathan Brookfield
> > Chief Executive Officer
> >
> > Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
> > http://www.simtronic.com.au
> >
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