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Could someone explain in layman's terms what exactly the PROTECT IP act proposes to do? I'm not much for politico speak and don't really have the time to rummag
by norova 15y ago
Could someone explain in layman's terms what exactly the PROTECT IP act proposes to do? I'm not much for politico speak and don't really have the time to rummage through the entire text myself to figure it out.
- djd 15y agoA domain name server(DNS) is what leads you to a particular website, For example when u type http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com its forwarded to your ISP DNS and from there it is forwarded to the IP of Hacker news. This new act if passed will have let them have control over all the DNS servers of ISP's. That means the site which they dont want you to see get blocked easily.
- ahyes 15y agoUhh, what? You're telling me that the government would have AXFR write permissions on every privately run dns server in existence? What about those that exist outside of the united states? Anyone can run their own dns server that queries the root nameservers. Anyone can run their own dns server that contains only records of their choosing. The very existence of this idea isn't realistic in any way, and would only really make sense if it granted the government access to the major route registries, but even that idea is nearly impossible to mandate.