<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<div><br></div><div>I've been working with the Internet Architecture Board on a document that describes technical considerations regarding the blocking and filtering Internet services. Since I know there are several experts on the topic in this community, I thought I would forward it in case anyone had comments.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The document can be found at: <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-iab-filtering-considerations-04">http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-iab-filtering-considerations-04</a></div><div><br></div><div>Abstract:</div>
<div><br></div><div><div> The Internet is structured to be an open communications medium. This</div><div> openness is one of the key underpinnings of Internet innovation, but</div><div> it can also allow communications that may be viewed as undesirable by</div>
<div> certain parties. Thus, as the Internet has grown, so have mechanisms</div><div> to limit the extent and impact of abusive or objectionable</div><div> communications. Recently, there has been an increasing emphasis on</div>
<div> "blocking" and "filtering," the active prevention of such</div><div> communications. This document examines several technical approaches</div><div> to Internet blocking and filtering in terms of their alignment with</div>
<div> the overall Internet architecture. In general, the approach to</div><div> blocking and filtering that is most coherent with the Internet</div><div> architecture is to inform endpoints about potentially undesirable</div>
<div> services, so that the communicants can avoid engaging in abusive or</div><div> objectionable communications.</div><div><br></div><div>Please send feedback to me, the co-editors (on the CC), or the IAB (<a href="mailto:iab@iab.org"><span class="">iab@iab.org</span></a>, who will be ultimately responsible for publication or not).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thank you very much,</div><div><br></div><div>--Richard</div></div><div><p class=""><br></p></div></div>