On: Stop the Internet blacklist

[NathanKP]

The article says that ISP's and others would be required to block the domain name. Theoretically you should still be able to access the site using its direct IP address. Of course, this doesn't justify the blacklist, and I certainly don't support it. I'm just thinking that even in the worst case scenario if the bill is passed it shouldn't be completely crippling.

[pyre → NathanKP]

  >  I'm just thinking that even in the worst case scenario if the
  > bill is passed it shouldn't be completely crippling.

True, but that's also justification in some people's minds for taking no action. "Someone else will take action to prevent it, but if they don't then I'll be able to work around it."

[VMG → NathanKP]

They do it little by little. The next bill will be "since we already block the domain name, lets block the service as well."

[rwmj → NathanKP]

I remember the days of having a hosts file that was updated and circulated around JANET users. It wasn't much fun.