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In reply to the discussion: President Obama's Gallup approval rating amongst liberal Democrats from January 9th-15th is 86%. [View all]napoleon_in_rags
(3,992 posts)6. He's kicking ass. Check out this Wired article.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/white-house-blasts-internet-blacklisting-bills/
This shows the President is 100% on top of, and aware of the game. The SOPA legislation would drive people into using unofficial black market DNS servers, which could be used to execute man in the middle attacks on other sites. (for instance, DU would resolve to a different server than DU is actually on, which acts as a proxy to the main site which sniffs passwords, and alters content in transit. But you'd never see it, all you'd know is that DNS lets you access pirate bay)
There are way, way better ways to provide content protection than redirecting kids who like free mp3s onto shadowy spying DNS servers.
Proposed laws must not tamper with the technical architecture of the Internet through manipulation of the Domain Name System (DNS), a foundation of Internet security, the administration said in a statement. Our analysis of the DNS filtering provisions in some proposed legislation suggests that they pose a real risk to cybersecurity and yet leave contraband goods and services accessible online. We must avoid legislation that drives users to dangerous, unreliable DNS servers and puts next-generation security policies, such as the deployment of DNSSEC, at risk.
This shows the President is 100% on top of, and aware of the game. The SOPA legislation would drive people into using unofficial black market DNS servers, which could be used to execute man in the middle attacks on other sites. (for instance, DU would resolve to a different server than DU is actually on, which acts as a proxy to the main site which sniffs passwords, and alters content in transit. But you'd never see it, all you'd know is that DNS lets you access pirate bay)
There are way, way better ways to provide content protection than redirecting kids who like free mp3s onto shadowy spying DNS servers.
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President Obama's Gallup approval rating amongst liberal Democrats from January 9th-15th is 86%. [View all]
LoZoccolo
Jan 2012
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If this poll is believed to be true, why are some trashing "purists" with such vigor?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2012
#7
Because these liberals are largely not delivering a strict ultimatum like a purist would.
LoZoccolo
Jan 2012
#8
But people who want to divide others need to create an enemy in the ranks.
ClassWarrior
Jan 2012
#15
Perhaps the distinction is between the "activists" and the rank-n-file. This site is littered with
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2012
#26
The poll numbers are nonsense. The word "purists" was originated by others, the critics by those
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2012
#27
Last time I checked 86% was a whopping majority. Self appointed "activists" need to understand that
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2012
#28
I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that you know a lot more about Koch than I do.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2012
#33
I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that I know a lot more than you do...
ClassWarrior
Jan 2012
#34
The hell you say. Well, color me surprised! That's a good sign. Now, on to the moderates and
Honeycombe8
Jan 2012
#16