[LINK] New Zealand set to join internet blocking club

Jan Whitaker jwhit at melbpc.org.au
Thu Jul 16 09:40:40 AEST 2009


At 09:27 AM 16/07/2009, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>Where an individual requests access to a banned site, the DIA server may
>refuse the request and bounce a message back. There is some facility for
>individuals to object to the site being blocked: since the list runs at
>internet address level, a number of sites may be blocked that host
>perfectly legitimate content.

Want to take bets on how long it is before someone puts a link to a 
blocked site within a .gov.nz server? Would that block the .gov.nz access?

Jan



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