Post AjSLI4psFzonzhjfd2 by Phosphenes@glasgow.social
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 (DIR) Post #AjQKwB6JtTQ4jr49Hk by MattPounsett@fosstodon.org
       2024-06-28T21:17:30Z
       
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       This is an absolutely metal business decision made by OpenDNS (Cisco).Court orders in France and Portugal are requiring the big open DNS resolvers (Google, OpenDNS, CloudFlare, etc.) to block resolution of a small list of domains for anyone in those countries. OpenDNS seems to have decided to not implement the blocklist, and instead will just not answer any DNS queries from inside those countries.  Change implemented on a Friday evening, for maximum surprise.#DNS #DNSBlocking #MyHero
       
 (DIR) Post #AjSLI4psFzonzhjfd2 by Phosphenes@glasgow.social
       2024-06-29T12:10:33Z
       
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       @MattPounsett What domains are they blocking and why?  Is this war-related?
       
 (DIR) Post #AjSLI66vW53Lwsinqa by MattPounsett@fosstodon.org
       2024-06-29T12:12:09Z
       
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       @Phosphenes There are some links in the marginally more detailed blog post I wrote about this.  In short, no it's not war related... the court order is over piracy of sports broadcasts.https://www.conundrum.com/blog/2024/Jun/opendns-not-available/
       
 (DIR) Post #AjSLIdbD0VsroM8x84 by Phosphenes@glasgow.social
       2024-06-29T12:15:27Z
       
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       @MattPounsett Ah, thanks. Entertainment piracy again.  🙄  Who they won't screw for their handful of coins.
       
 (DIR) Post #AjSLJen63tpJnTBpuC by Daniel_Blake@mastodon.top
       2024-06-29T12:29:48Z
       
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       @MattPounsett @kirill https://torrentfreak.com/google-cloudflare-cisco-will-poison-dns-to-stop-piracy-block-circumvention-240613/As previously reported - for context.
       
 (DIR) Post #AjSLJfgOkI3wYz406S by MattPounsett@fosstodon.org
       2024-06-29T12:31:51Z
       
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       @Daniel_Blake @kirill Thanks for sharing that with everyone.  The torrentfreak link, as well as a link to OpenDNS's announcement, and an example DNS response are in this other thing I wrote yesterday.https://www.conundrum.com/blog/2024/Jun/opendns-not-available/
       
 (DIR) Post #AjSLKVsagCiGRrATKK by jannem@fosstodon.org
       2024-06-29T10:27:02Z
       
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       @MattPounsett Do they also ignore US courts telling them to block or reroute certain dns queries?
       
 (DIR) Post #AjSLKXC7n3vsWjJaPg by MattPounsett@fosstodon.org
       2024-06-29T11:52:48Z
       
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       @jannem As far as I'm aware, the US hasn't tried to legislate large scale DNS blocking at the recursive server since SOPA and PIPA failed, over a decade ago.  I'm not aware of any court orders in the US requiring recursive servers to block certain domains. Can you point me to some?
       
 (DIR) Post #AjSLKY8cHaijS8gIaG by jannem@fosstodon.org
       2024-06-29T12:40:01Z
       
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       @MattPounsett I believe this is in part how they take over illegal web sites without needing access to the site itself, no? They have DNS point to a different site ("this site has been seized by the FBI" type thing).Either way the question stands: if US authorities ask them to, will they refuse, and will they refuse to serve US connections?More to the point, if the legal authorities of a country ask them, is it right or wrong to comply?
       
 (DIR) Post #AjSLKYhMCQVfBsw2jY by MattPounsett@fosstodon.org
       2024-06-29T12:50:57Z
       
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       @jannem Those are takedowns of the domain by taking control of the domain itself.  It's changed at the authoritative, rather than involving an uninterested third party.