[Cryptography] MPAA hasn't given up yet on breaking DNS

Henry Baker hbaker1 at pipeline.com
Thu Dec 18 13:47:13 EST 2014


FYI -- Apparently from the Sony leaks...

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141217/17533629473/mpaas-secret-plan-to-reinterpret-dmca-into-vast-censorship-machine-that-breaks-core-workings-internet.shtml

https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1382881/250250989-comms-act-and-dmca-safe-harbor.pdf

"At the same time, even this narrow limitation on ISPs’ immunity could have the salutary effect of requiring ISPs to respond to takedown notices by *** disabling DNS lookups *** of pirate sites through the ISPs’ own DNS servers, which is not currently a general practice."



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