NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Re: Stripping or Replacing Web Site Ads?
On 12/10/07, Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> wrote: > One aspect not discussed here yet in depth is that the same basic > technology used to *insert* material into third-party Web site data > streams (by ISPs) could presumably be used to *replace* material as > well. > > That is, if an ISP felt that it was perfectly OK to add their own > messages, ads, promotions, etc. to the data from a third-party site > for user display, would they also consider removing or replacing > existing ads with their own? Could an AT&T ad on the original Web > page be replaced by the ISP with a Verizon ad paid for through the > ISP, without recourse or penalty? In the absence of rules or laws to > cover such situations, and with the rush to push the envelope in > this space, I don't believe that this is by any means an impossible > scenario. > > The ramifications would be breathtaking of course. > > --Lauren-- > NNSquad Moderator > > Dan Kaminsky talked about this in his presentation at defcon this past Summer. It also covers net neutrality issues. His powerpoint can be found at http://www.doxpara.com/DMK_BO2K7_Web.ppt. The description is as follows: OK, I was *trying* not to mess with DNS, but the combination of "DNS", "Firewall", and "Tunneling" proved just too tempting for me to ignore. Here's the slides from my Black Hat talk -- I'll update after Defcon, but yeh, here's what I'm playing with! Black Ops 2007: Design Reviewing The Web Everyone's talkin' about the TCP relaying stunts, but there's also Audio CAPTCHA analysis and (my favorite) concrete mechanisms for busting Provider Hostility. (What's Provider Hostility? The opposite of Network Neutrality. Not fun.)