(12-29-2011, 09:56 AM)Shonumi Wrote:the law allows american government to block dns queries & routing in the us iirc. meaning they could block them in the top level dns servers , which in turn affects all dns servers in the world. so basically it wouldn't matter if its .com or anything iirc.(12-29-2011, 09:26 AM)DacoTaco Wrote:(12-29-2011, 03:05 AM)Runo Wrote:no.(12-29-2011, 12:35 AM)DacoTaco Wrote:(12-28-2011, 11:26 PM)LordVador Wrote: We have a quite similar thing here in France What about you guys?
if youre talking about sopa, the difference is that the main dns server/routing server is located in america. so a law like SOPA could censor -ANYTHING- on the internet even if its not hosted in america
Yeah but if I understand correctly the site would still be variable in other countries, the internet providers in US would be forced to block access to this sites, like china..
again, the main dns/router servers are in america. remove a dns entry in those dns servers and over time the site wont be accessable trough and url.
block routing to that ip in a high up routing table(which is also in the us) and you can block a site on a world scale. that is the information i got when looking into sopa. i could be wrong and i would love to be proven wrong cause this is madness
From what I've been reading, ArsTechnica mostly, neither SOPA nor the Senate PROTECT IP actually remove DNS records from DNS servers. It would, however, force American ISPs to basically ignore DNS requests from their customers if they try to look up any blacklisted sites. DNS records only translate website names to IP addresses, so trying to reach sites by their IP address will work, for now... You would also still be able to use foreign DNS servers. Opponents of the legislation say that people might start using those servers if the laws go into effect, and they worry about their reliability (e.g. accuracy, privacy, security, etc).
These proposed laws do seem to overstep American boundaries because they can "sieze" any generic top-level domain names that US registrars control. This basically includes all .com, .net, and (obviously) .us sites; I'm not sure about .org though. Imagine a kid in the UK makes a .com site, but the US decides to take over his domain name. That's were things definitely feel messed up, internationally speaking.
Generally speaking, these laws are abhorrent. I'm hoping that they don't pass. The so called "Big Content" industry needs to adjust to this new millennium.
but however you look at it, this is bad