Internet filtering plan may extend to peer-to-peer

The Federal Government’s controversial internet censorship scheme may extend to filter more online traffic than was first thought, Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy revealed today.

In a post on his department’s blog, Senator Conroy today said technology that could filter data sent directly between computers would be tested as part of the upcoming live filtering trial.

“Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the effectiveness of this will be tested in the live pilot trial,” Senator Conroy said.

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Rudd Government’s internet filter to block up to 10,000 ‘unwanted’ sites

AUSTRALIA’S mandatory internet filter is being primed to block 10,000 websites as part of a blacklist of unspecified “unwanted content”, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy revealed in Federal Parliament.

The 10,000 blocked websites would include 1300 websites already blacklisted by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

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Posted by Mark Griffin Posted in: Tech and Gadgets No Comments » November 2008

Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3

As many of you know, Revision 3’s servers were brought down over the Memorial Day weekend by a denial of service attack. It’s an all too common occurrence these days. But this one wasn’t your normal cybercrime – there’s a chilling twist at the end. Here’s what happened.

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Posted by Posted in: Tech and Gadgets No Comments » June 2008

2012: The Year The Internet Ends

How the industry will kill the Internet in about 4 years from now.

One of the top rated links on Digg in the last 7 days. The link is to a video that if anything is very thought provoking and centers around the topic of net neutrality.

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Posted by Posted in: Tech and Gadgets No Comments » June 2008