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So each time a UK residents visits a webpage his ISP will send the url to Huawei to ask for permission? Good to see that Cameron don’t waste the opportunity an

by runarb 13y ago

So each time a UK residents visits a webpage his ISP will send the url to Huawei to ask for permission? Good to see that Cameron don’t waste the opportunity and get the UK to use the same hardware platform as the Chinese. The Chinese are already one of the leaders in technology for censorship, with the great firewall and all, so it could be a lot of opportunities for synergy and cross border cooperation her…

iwwr 13y ago
More like, they bring a great deal of expertise from the Great Firewall.
- runarb 13y ago
  Maybe Mr. Cameron can ask for the url list used by the great firewall also? The authorities could save a lot of time if they had an initial list to start with. What are we nicknaming this? Maybe "he Great Hadrian Firewall" after the Hadrian's wall?[0] 0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian's_Wall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian's_Wall
  - jimworm 13y ago
    The Chinese list would lead to instant political death, because that'll block Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and some Google+ services. A large number of businesses in the UK that rely on those services will soon follow Mr Cameron to the grave. On the plus side, the message that the Internet is not a toy to be taken away at will would swiftly and surely be delivered, via the medium of being dragged out into the streets by an angry mob.
  - TeMPOraL 13y ago
    Or just "The Hadrian's Firewall" ("Great Firewall" comes from "Great Wall"). Anyway, nice nickname; I'll start using it on social media :).
    - lvturner 13y ago
      I've always preferred 'bamboo curtain' it's also more technically accurate.
  - thenomad 13y ago
    No, Hadrian's Firewall will be what they deploy to block pro-Scottish Independence sites next year :) (I don't actually think they'll do this. Probably.)
pbhjpbhj 13y ago
That's what they're trying to make it look like - in practice it seems more likely that Huawei are just providing a managed service in TT's server farms that filters a given list of sites. Could Huawei maliciously use that data? Yes, like how the French/Russians can cut off our power. Or USA can poison all our coffee drinkers and fast-food eaters.
mseebach 13y ago
> So each time a UK residents visits a webpage his ISP will send the url to Huawei to ask for permission? No, each time a UK resident visits a webpage, his ISP will send the URL to a server in the ISP's network running software made by Huawei (which could be backdoored), loaded with watchlists maintained by a UK entity. It's unclear how that software will redirect the request, but it's probably just a DNS hi-jack.
- dijit 13y ago
  it wasn't a DNS hi-jack with thepiratebay

by runarb 13y ago

iwwr 13y ago

More like, they bring a great deal of expertise from the Great Firewall.

runarb 13y ago
Maybe Mr. Cameron can ask for the url list used by the great firewall also? The authorities could save a lot of time if they had an initial list to start with. What are we nicknaming this? Maybe "he Great Hadrian Firewall" after the Hadrian's wall?[0] 0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian's_Wall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian's_Wall
- jimworm 13y ago
  The Chinese list would lead to instant political death, because that'll block Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and some Google+ services. A large number of businesses in the UK that rely on those services will soon follow Mr Cameron to the grave. On the plus side, the message that the Internet is not a toy to be taken away at will would swiftly and surely be delivered, via the medium of being dragged out into the streets by an angry mob.
- TeMPOraL 13y ago
  Or just "The Hadrian's Firewall" ("Great Firewall" comes from "Great Wall"). Anyway, nice nickname; I'll start using it on social media :).
  - lvturner 13y ago
    I've always preferred 'bamboo curtain' it's also more technically accurate.
- thenomad 13y ago
  No, Hadrian's Firewall will be what they deploy to block pro-Scottish Independence sites next year :) (I don't actually think they'll do this. Probably.)

pbhjpbhj 13y ago

That's what they're trying to make it look like - in practice it seems more likely that Huawei are just providing a managed service in TT's server farms that filters a given list of sites. Could Huawei maliciously use that data? Yes, like how the French/Russians can cut off our power. Or USA can poison all our coffee drinkers and fast-food eaters.

mseebach 13y ago

> So each time a UK residents visits a webpage his ISP will send the url to Huawei to ask for permission? No, each time a UK resident visits a webpage, his ISP will send the URL to a server in the ISP's network running software made by Huawei (which could be backdoored), loaded with watchlists maintained by a UK entity. It's unclear how that software will redirect the request, but it's probably just a DNS hi-jack.

dijit 13y ago
it wasn't a DNS hi-jack with thepiratebay