On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:57 PM, Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com> wrote: > There is some suggestion in the draft for trying to work around the > blockage. I don’t like technical documents suggesting things that could be > illegal in some places, but whatever response (using TOR, using VPN, > complaining to the government or the server admin, or protesting) is > something that the user can do. The computer cannot fix the issue by > itself. This is different from 410 and 404 where we don’t think the user > can do much anyway. > Yes. It does feel like, for completeness, the draft should point out that there are technical countermeasures available to route around legal blockages - this information is useful to anyone considering these issues from any angle. But, unlike Eliot, I don’t think RFCs should prescribe reactions to civic-society issues. Hm, perhaps the mention of specific countermeasures, relevant in Q4 2014, is inappropriate? (Tor, VPN) Perhaps all that needs to be said is that, in general, technical countermeasures to legal obstacles are likely to be available to those who encounter them. -- - Tim Bray (If you’d like to send me a private message, see https://keybase.io/timbray)
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