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Technical Considerations for Internet Service Blocking
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Authors Richard Barnes , Matt Lepinski , NLnet Labs
Last updated 2012-07-09
Replaced by draft-iab-filtering-considerations, draft-iab-filtering-considerations, RFC 7754
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draft-barnes-blocking-considerations-00
Network Working Group                                          R. Barnes
Internet-Draft                                               M. Lepinski
Intended status: Informational                          BBN Technologies
Expires: January 10, 2013                                      A. Cooper
                                                  Center for Democracy &
                                                              Technology
                                                              O. Kolkman
                                                              NLnet Labs
                                                            July 9, 2012

         Technical Considerations for Internet Service Blocking
              draft-barnes-blocking-considerations-00.txt

Abstract

   The Internet is structured to be an open communications medium.  This
   openness is one of the key underpinnings of Internet innovation, but
   it can allow bad communications as well as good.  Thus, as the
   Internet has grown, so have mechanisms to limit the extent and impact
   of abusive or illegal communications.  Recently, there has been an
   increasing emphasis on "blocking", the active prevention of abusive
   or illegal communications.  This document examines several technical
   approaches to Internet service blocking in terms of their fit with
   the overall Internet architecture.  In general, the approach to
   service blocking that is most coherent with the Internet architecture
   is to inform endpoints about bad services, so that the communicants
   can avoid engaging in abusive or illegal communications.

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   document authors.  All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Architectural Principles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   3.  Examples of Blocking  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   4.  Blocking Design Patterns  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   5.  Summary of Trade-offs and Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   7.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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1.  Introduction

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   version in time for the revised draft deadline. ]]

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2.  Architectural Principles

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3.  Examples of Blocking

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4.  Blocking Design Patterns

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5.  Summary of Trade-offs and Applicability

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6.  Security Considerations

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7.  Informative References

   [RFC2775]  Carpenter, B., "Internet Transparency", RFC 2775,
              February 2000.

   [RFC3724]  Kempf, J., Austein, R., and IAB, "The Rise of the Middle
              and the Future of End-to-End: Reflections on the Evolution
              of the Internet Architecture", RFC 3724, March 2004.

   [RFC4084]  Klensin, J., "Terminology for Describing Internet
              Connectivity", BCP 104, RFC 4084, May 2005.

   [RFC4924]  Aboba, B. and E. Davies, "Reflections on Internet
              Transparency", RFC 4924, July 2007.

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Authors' Addresses

   Richard Barnes
   BBN Technologies
   1300 N. 17th St
   Arlington, VA  22209
   USA

   Phone: +1 703 284 1340
   Email: rbarnes@bbn.com

   Matt Lepinski
   BBN Technologies
   10 Moulton St
   Cambridge, MA  02138
   USA

   Phone: +1 617 873 5939
   Email: mlepinski@bbn.com

   Alissa
   Center for Democracy & Technology

   Olaf
   NLnet Labs

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