[kictanet] Technical Considerations for Internet Service Blocking and Filtering

[Harry Delano]

Grace,

Quite a salient subject indeed, that the ietf makes an attempt to
shed/spotlight perspective on..

Drawing from experience, I suppose the foremost key objectives for blocking
and filtering would broadly fall under jurisdictional oversight & control
and informational security policing. For this very reason, the subject will
at best, forever remain contentious and controversial, depending on whose
perspective you seek on the matter. In other words, for a very long time to
come, it'll almost be impossible to achieve a universal, unanimous
consensus on a firewall that serves "everyone' "anywhere" in this
globalized networked digital village that cuts across diverse geopolitical,
religious,cultural,governance and even family or personal jurisdictions.

One would delve on and on in finer detail on the subject - and the scope is
hugely wide, just as the ietf has disclaimed. However, my best take-away
from such a rich discourse is, "Moderated Balance". Ideally, the basic
minimum threshold  should be; how to strive to achieve the most appropriate
concurrence where jurisdictional policing(which is necessary), either at
country/government level, corporate, or even at home - assuming you set up
a family firewall meets/embraces the inherent guaranteed/enshrined
universal freedoms of access to information..

But again, who should police/enforce the attainment of this moderation and
balance on jurisdictional authorities..? Using which methodologies..? Who
knows..

As ietf aptly puts it in their preamble ....  *"Whether particular forms of
filtering are lawful in particular jurisdictions raises complicate legal
questions that are outside the scope of this document. For similar reasons,
questions about the ethics of particular forms of filtering are also out of
scope"*

Plenty of regards,
Harry




On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers,
> A very informative RFC especially in our context. It addresses use of
> various technologies for blocking and filtering communications over the
> Internet. Among other things considered are user consent when employing
> blocking/filtering, who sets blocking policy? who enforces blocking policy?
> Some purposes of blocking, efficacy of the methods as well as consequences.
> Some takeaways are that we are going to see more blocking/filtering but it
> would help if there was more transparency. ​And as regards content
> blocking, a collaborative approach is required. ​
>
> "where filtering is occurring to address content that is generally agreed
> to be inappropriate or illegal, strong cooperation among service providers
> and governments may provide additional means to identify both the victims
> and the perpetrators through non-filtering mechanisms, such as partnerships
> with the finance industry to identify and limit illegal transactions."
>
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7754
>
> Regards,
>
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