The most famous early example of undesirableĬommunications was the Morris worm, which used the Internet Were engaging in communications that were viewed as undesirable byĬertain parties. Internet to communicate, however, it became apparent that some hosts As this goal was met and people started using the The original design goal of the Internet was to enable communicationsīetween hosts. RFC 7754 Blocking and Filtering Considerations March 2016 1. Security: How does the blocking impact existing trust Efficacy: How easy is it for a resource or service toĪvoid being blocked?. Granularity: How specific is the blocking? Willīlocking one service also block others?. Scope: What set of hosts and users are affected?. Please review these documentsĬarefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respectġ. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal RFC 7754 Blocking and Filtering Considerations March 2016Ĭopyright (c) 2016 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
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Information about the current status of this document, any errata,Īnd how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at Publication by the IAB are not a candidate for any level of Internet This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)Īnd represents information that the IAB has deemed valuable to This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification it is To third parties, and we discuss the limits of efficacy of various We observe that certainįiltering and blocking approaches can cause unintended consequences Undesirable services, so that the communicants can avoid engaging inĪbusive or objectionable communications. Internet architecture is to inform endpoints about potentially When it is possible to do so, theĪpproach to blocking and filtering that is most coherent with the To Internet blocking and filtering in terms of their alignment with This document examines several technical approaches "blocking" and "filtering", the active prevention of suchĬommunications. Recently, there has been an increasing emphasis on To limit the extent and impact of abusive or objectionableĬommunications. Thus, as the Internet has grown, so have mechanisms It can also allow communications that may be viewed as undesirable byĬertain parties. Openness is one of the key underpinnings of Internet innovation, but The Internet is structured to be an open communications medium. Technical Considerations for Internet Service Blocking and Filtering