Should ISP block child pornography?

Tue Dec 11 22:32:06 UTC 2018

Thank you everybody for sharing your views. I think I've got a clear answer. It's better to not go down this slippery path.

With Gratitude,

Pratik Lotia  

“Security is like legos. You can build pretty much whatever you want if you have a clear vision of the final product and the skill to put the pieces together correctly.”

On 12/11/18, 12:27, "NANOG on behalf of Max Tulyev" <nanog-bounces+pratik.lotia=charter.com at nanog.org on behalf of maxtul at netassist.ua> wrote:

    Yes, in some countries (NOT in US, AFAIK) court can issue an order to
    block IP/domain/URL.

    If home operator of crime man is blocking the direct access - he have to
    use TOR/VPN/... to avoid blocking (or may be you really believe he just
    stop any tries to watch his lovely CP?)

    If he use TOR/VPN/... to avoid blocking - the original home IP address
    will be changed to the exit node of TOR/VPN - and we will lost any
    chance to catch the crime man.

    Is it clear?

    11.12.18 21:06, John Lee пише:
    > It is my understanding that ISPs block IP addresses and domains under
    > court order now for copyright violations, criminal activity which would
    > include CP. They require a court order as they cannot ascertain if it is
    > CP or not, that is a Law Enforcement decision. The US Supreme Court
    > decision's was just being nude is not lewd, also with aging software
    > which can regress photos, LEOs in the US have to ascertain if this is CP
    > or photo shopped. 
    > 
    > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 12:54 PM Max Tulyev <maxtul at netassist.ua
    > <mailto:maxtul at netassist.ua>> wrote:
    > 
    >     ...and you will see the TOR exit nodes instead of crime home IP if
    >     censorship is implemented.
    > 
    >     11.12.18 19:35, Aaron1 пише:
    >     > ... The only thing I can think of is the idea that I’ve heard
    >     before is
    >     > the way to catch someone is to watch them well they are accessing, the
    >     > concept of honeypots comes to mind
    >     >
    >     > Aaron
    >     >
    >     > On Dec 11, 2018, at 10:43 AM, Larry Allen <mrallen1971 at gmail.com
    >     <mailto:mrallen1971 at gmail.com>
    >     > <mailto:mrallen1971 at gmail.com <mailto:mrallen1971 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
    >     >
    >     >> I can't imagine a single rational argument against this. 
    >     >>
    >     >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 10:56 William Anderson <neuro at well.com
    >     <mailto:neuro at well.com>
    >     >> <mailto:neuro at well.com <mailto:neuro at well.com>> wrote:
    >     >>
    >     >>     On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 06:08, Lotia, Pratik M
    >     >>     <Pratik.Lotia at charter.com <mailto:Pratik.Lotia at charter.com>
    >     <mailto:Pratik.Lotia at charter.com <mailto:Pratik.Lotia at charter.com>>>
    >     wrote:
    >     >>
    >     >>         Hello all, was curious to know the community’s opinion on
    >     >>         whether an ISP should block domains hosting CPE (child
    >     >>         pornography exploitation) content? Interpol has a ‘worst-of’
    >     >>         list which contains such domains and it wants ISPs to
    >     block it.
    >     >>
    >     >>
    >     >>     This already happens in the UK, and has done for years.
    >     >>
    >     >>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse_image_content_list 
    >     >>
    >     >>
    >     >>     -n
    >     >>
    > 

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