tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post3610640541362495234..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Nanny state getting worseRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-86807431233966558432017-09-23T19:21:28.552+01:002017-09-23T19:21:28.552+01:00Best postBest postPeter Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532264814565369687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-68708472016677475822014-01-17T14:56:10.116+00:002014-01-17T14:56:10.116+00:00We need to get the browser companies to do an SHA1...We need to get the browser companies to do an SHA1 encoding of the domain name and look that up in DNS instead. Or make a tiny browser plugin to do that.<br /><br />Then try to register e2b99da1225033a2df42330a33ccb7e2fcfc0645.com and see how much time they wanted to spend trying to decide if that should be illegal or not :)John Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156658352563482506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-64294371049284629902014-01-17T10:11:15.041+00:002014-01-17T10:11:15.041+00:00As you say, huge problems with this:-
i) Any UK do...As you say, huge problems with this:-<br />i) Any UK domain, explicit or innocent can be warped with sub-domains. children.to.fuck.me.uk or sex-with-c.hildren.co.uk are not going to be stopped or checked.<br />ii) Not completely relevant, but any other domain in the world is purchasable anyway. By stating they are doing this means the people worried about this will avoid Nominet. <br />iii) Anyone publicly stating their intent registering domain names in the UK means you are probably unwise enough to get caught anyway without Nominet watching over every domain registration. <br />iv) Darknets (tor/onion routing, freenet etc) are where they are, so this is a complete non-fix for the real problem (as usual) and just here to cause legitimate people more trouble (as usual).<br /><br />Having worked in the in a family planning and sex education NGO many years ago, where -shock,horror- youth, sex and even children were all discussed, sometimes even in the same sentence, to solve and prevent problems (Note to Nominet, 11 year old children being forcibly married off or underage sex are still problems in this world which other people are trying to prevent)<br /> <br />I really wouldn't have wanted a visit from the police at my workplace just because I registered a domain "youthsexuality.co.uk" or "childrenformarriage.co.uk" for a departments project...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717592062414307952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-70346547222361257852014-01-17T09:04:46.385+00:002014-01-17T09:04:46.385+00:00" check any domain registration that signals ..." check any domain registration that signals sex crime content or is in itself a sex crime....<br /><br />In spite of this, the report actually states that Nominet should have no role in policing questions of taste or offensiveness on the Internet!"<br /><br />I'm not seeing any contradiction here - They're saying they should have no role in deciding what is tasteless or offensive, but that they should act on things that are *crimes* or (importantly) things that seem to signal crimes.<br /><br />I can certainly see concerns about Nominet being asked to be the arbiters of what "signals sex crime", but that isn't quite the same as them having a role in policing taste or offensiveness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-64233229446784886592014-01-16T18:30:38.966+00:002014-01-16T18:30:38.966+00:00It's high time .gb was resurrected and then we...It's high time .gb was resurrected and then we could all turn our backs on Nominet.previouslysilenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497240878231404804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-72480767419617838892014-01-16T12:54:18.409+00:002014-01-16T12:54:18.409+00:00Well quite - we used to always recommend .uk domai...Well quite - we used to always recommend .uk domains to people as Nominet were one of the sanest registries. I am doubting that now.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-20073144945847658802014-01-16T12:51:26.333+00:002014-01-16T12:51:26.333+00:00This sort of crap is one of the reasons I got a .n...This sort of crap is one of the reasons I got a .net domain, I was already familiar with some of the Nominet stupidity. No doubt someone will now tell me of similar issues around .net registrations, but at least it's shorter to type.Owen Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890951742186614705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-24474539861115030392014-01-16T10:28:35.807+00:002014-01-16T10:28:35.807+00:00Once again, Nominet has had a consultation around ...Once again, Nominet has had a consultation around a decision, and then done exactly what they wanted to do regardless of the outcome of that consultation. They were once a fairly transparent, member-led organisation, yet of late I'm increasingly disillusioned with their suitability as "trusted guardian[s] of the .uk domain name space". But there appears to be little one can do to rectify this.ajvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061954864640918013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-3272377794035477022014-01-16T10:08:22.563+00:002014-01-16T10:08:22.563+00:00Tens of thousands of false positives... and you im...Tens of thousands of false positives... and you imply no true positives. More to the point, how many false negatives were easy to find? Also, as you say, it works on the domain name only - not on the web sites it can be used to permit.<br /><br />This is a "sounds like it would be a good idea" (to some) step that is actually very far from it. If it can be shown to be so flawed it has to be abandoned, maybe the nanny state will have to admit it can't do this.Phil Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080812032624786351noreply@blogger.com