ietf-asrg
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [Asrg] 4a. Taxonomy. Censorship vs. filtering

2003-12-13 05:12:47
  For those who are don't read long messages, I'd like to summarize my
thoughts in a short message.


  Censorship =~ rejection of traffic based on content

  filtering =~ rejection of traffic based on invalid control messages

  Unlike Telecom, IP sends control traffic "in-band".  This means that
when that control traffic is filtered, people get confused, and call
it "censorship".


Can someone remind me why "censorship" must be a Bad Thing. As long as it's
explicit and appropriately authorised, I don't see any sensible objection.

Of course the word "censorship" carries a lot of emotional weight for some
people - I'm not sure it can be defined in narrowly technicals terms as
above - even approximately - It's a social thang.







--

_______________________________________________
Asrg mailing list
Asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/asrg