[At-Large] Fwd: [ssac] PROTECT IP white paper

[Patrick Vande Walle]

Greetings, 

I wanted to share with you this document, prepared by
well known DNS experts for the US Senate. It explains in plain words why
filtering DNS queries is technically problematic.  

Although this was
written as a reaction to a US law proposal, its contents are relevant
well outside the US context. 

If you do not wish to read the document
in full, read the executive summary and the conclusions, which I have
appended below: 

"as discussed in this paper, the mandated DNS
filtering provisions found in the PROTECT IP Act raise very serious
security and technical concerns. We believe that the goals of PROTECT IP
can be accomplished without reducing DNS security and stability, through
strategies such as better international cooperation on prosecutions and
the other remedies contained in PROTECT IP other than DNS-related
provisions. We urge Congress to reject the DNS filtering portions of
the
Act." 

Patrick Vande Walle 

-------- Original Message --------


		SUBJECT:
 		[ssac] PROTECT IP white paper

		DATE:
 		Wed, 25 May
2011 20:34:08 -0400

		FROM:
 		Steve Crocker 

		TO:
 		SSAC SSAC ,
ICANN of Directors Board 

		CC:
 		Steve Crocker 

Folks,

A handful of
technical folks in the DNS community, including me, have written and
released the attached white paper regarding the pending legislation in
the U.S. Senate called PROTECT IP.

This is not an ICANN effort, though
ICANN people have helped a lot.

Sharing with you for info. Feel free to
share further.

Thanks,

Steve

-- 
Blog:
http://patrick.vande-walle.eu
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