Thursday, June 21, 2012

Blocklists - what is the value in them?

Having read what the websites that promote these lists say I am prompted to ask the question why!

It appears to me that the compilation of a list of IP addresses that you might consider blocking as somewhat an accademic one. It may make you feel better that you are "sticking one" to the organizations that you take dispute, governments and people that actually own the things that you want for free, but blocking their access to your computer is, in my opinion, a waste of time.

Some of the things that are in some blocklists:
  • Companies or organizations who are clearly involved with trying to stop filesharing.
  • Companies which anti-p2p activity has been seen from.
  • Companies that produce or have a strong financial interest in copyrighted material.
  • Government ranges or companies that have a strong financial interest in doing work for governments.
  • Legal industry ranges.
  • IPs or ranges of ISPs from which anti-p2p activity has been observed. 
It is clear what the intent is here, but the question is that does having a list of these entities make any difference? Whatever your thoughts on file sharing maybe the use of these lists is questionable at best.

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1 comment:

Lusaka, Zambia said...

what are the values of these technology

Not sure if this was the whole search string