[ NNSquad ] Paul Vixie on COICA: On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System

[Seth Johnson <seth.p.johnson@gmail.com>]

(My comments: The US government is creating an IncumbentNet, and if it
succeeds it will not need to deal with the thin social contract of the
actual Internet that Vixie describes in this article, at least within
the boundaries of the IncumbentNet. The dynamic Vixie describes holds
up until those who administer lines are few and they can set policies
for them according to their own whims [and those of the government].
Then the dynamic would only exist between dominated locales, not
between all connected end users within those locales. And those
locales would then negotiate consensus among themselves. If this comes
to pass, Vixie's vision of how things work will become a relic of a
halcyon past. -- Seth)


Paul Vixie (on COICA): On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110318_on_mandated_content_blocking_in_the_domain_name_system/

Opening passage: "COICA (Combating Online Infringement and
Counterfeits Act) is a legislative bill introduced in the United
States Senate during 2010 that has been the topic of considerable
debate. After my name was mentioned during some testimony before a
Senate committee last year I dug into the details and I am alarmed. I
wrote recently about interactions between DNS blocking and Secure DNS
and in this article I will expand on the reasons why COICA as proposed
last year should not be pursued further in any similar form."