Comments on: Sri Lanka Pornography Regulatory Commission? http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/ LIRNEasia Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Adam http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-14617 Adam Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:38:42 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-14617 this whole thing about porn filtration is not feasible. blocking is implemented in the following order - 1) by name (eg, sex, xxx), 2) by 'whole' website name. taking the first two examples, it can be implemented, but catch is, for instance say the word 'sex' is banned in a word match, if you get a email (yahoo,hotmail,gmail for instance) the page wont load or will with errors as it filters that word, suppose your married, your wife sends you a mail with the word 'sex' as in 'I want to buy that sexy dress', guess what, it gets blocked. 2nd option can also be implemented same way, but we all know these days there are numerous porn sites, its technically impossible to add all those links into a filter file and filter that as number of sites increase by each day. also, larger the filter file in the case of option 1 & 2, slower the web becomes as it has to filter every single word as it passes through the ISP to your pc. thus requiring more and more computing power to implement such a task and we are talking of a massive task here. those of you who do use unix can test it out on your own to come to your own conclusions. the net was designed for one purpose, to share information, it was never designed for tasks such as filtration, which undermines the whole idea of the internet. as far as Limewire, Torrents go, they operate on ports which you open up manually from home, and we have the option of changing those ports at will. if ISPs are to block those, they have to block all ports and leave open just port 80, which is www port. which they cant do as some software like skype automatically selects random ports on each use. if ports are to be blocked, then, software like yahoo,msn,irc too can go offline. but then again, if this stupid gov can implement such a absurd law, then port filtering too is not far too off in the coming future. to give you a idea of the massive scale filtration process for all ISPs in srilanka to do this, one would need one BIG supercomputer, or a few atleast for this to work. and we dont have those here. by getting people to pay for accessing porn is yes, a way the gov is making money off porn, think about it, sex sells in one form or other. but interesting requests lately arnt they. first, to carry a mobile phone certificate with you and present at all check points is a direct violation of your privacy, now comes this. not sure if this is the blog where someone mentioned 'do ISPs read your emails as well', hell yeah. but not in person but every data packet goes through their backbone so all u need is someone adapt at reading it and these days u get software for that - Cain & Able, freely downloadable one, can filter anything, or the older but crude is Ethereal, ofcourse Network Admins, dont need any of this, they can read it as it goes through the LAN if you know your TCP/IP inside out. this is why unix is so popular, hard to learn but very very good at decoding anything.your unreadable/unformatable pendrives can be fixed with 3 commands in unix. unix is all about log files, even emails are stored in files, even after you download it to your pc, the transfer is recorded somewhere in the ISP.basic idea is, to every problem there are more than two solutions, and who create problems, we do - humans, and we make mistakes, that is why problems have more than 2 solutions. this whole thing about porn filtration is not feasible. blocking is implemented in the following order - 1) by name (eg, sex, xxx), 2) by ‘whole’ website name. taking the first two examples, it can be implemented, but catch is, for instance say the word ’sex’ is banned in a word match, if you get a email (yahoo,hotmail,gmail for instance) the page wont load or will with errors as it filters that word, suppose your married, your wife sends you a mail with the word ’sex’ as in ‘I want to buy that sexy dress’, guess what, it gets blocked. 2nd option can also be implemented same way, but we all know these days there are numerous porn sites, its technically impossible to add all those links into a filter file and filter that as number of sites increase by each day. also, larger the filter file in the case of option 1 & 2, slower the web becomes as it has to filter every single word as it passes through the ISP to your pc. thus requiring more and more computing power to implement such a task and we are talking of a massive task here. those of you who do use unix can test it out on your own to come to your own conclusions. the net was designed for one purpose, to share information, it was never designed for tasks such as filtration, which undermines the whole idea of the internet. as far as Limewire, Torrents go, they operate on ports which you open up manually from home, and we have the option of changing those ports at will. if ISPs are to block those, they have to block all ports and leave open just port 80, which is www port. which they cant do as some software like skype automatically selects random ports on each use. if ports are to be blocked, then, software like yahoo,msn,irc too can go offline. but then again, if this stupid gov can implement such a absurd law, then port filtering too is not far too off in the coming future. to give you a idea of the massive scale filtration process for all ISPs in srilanka to do this, one would need one BIG supercomputer, or a few atleast for this to work. and we dont have those here. by getting people to pay for accessing porn is yes, a way the gov is making money off porn, think about it, sex sells in one form or other. but interesting requests lately arnt they. first, to carry a mobile phone certificate with you and present at all check points is a direct violation of your privacy, now comes this. not sure if this is the blog where someone mentioned ‘do ISPs read your emails as well’, hell yeah. but not in person but every data packet goes through their backbone so all u need is someone adapt at reading it and these days u get software for that - Cain & Able, freely downloadable one, can filter anything, or the older but crude is Ethereal, ofcourse Network Admins, dont need any of this, they can read it as it goes through the LAN if you know your TCP/IP inside out. this is why unix is so popular, hard to learn but very very good at decoding anything.your unreadable/unformatable pendrives can be fixed with 3 commands in unix. unix is all about log files, even emails are stored in files, even after you download it to your pc, the transfer is recorded somewhere in the ISP.basic idea is, to every problem there are more than two solutions, and who create problems, we do - humans, and we make mistakes, that is why problems have more than 2 solutions.

]]> By: mack http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13909 mack Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:37:09 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13909 sanath just because u are awosy prick who cant get it up its not eney bodies problem,,,,porn shouldent be band its natural to people to watch these things u diprived mofo sanath just because u are awosy prick who cant get it up its not eney bodies problem,,,,porn shouldent be band its natural to people to watch these things u diprived mofo

]]> By: Porn Q http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13773 Porn Q Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:11:28 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13773 Can someone explain whether a site like http://www.nudismprovider.com/pageant-videos.dhtml is not counted as child porn and why isn't that blocked? Can someone explain whether a site like http://www.nudismprovider.com/pageant-videos.dhtml is not counted as child porn and why isn’t that blocked?

]]> By: johann http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13441 johann Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:52:22 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13441 this is a worthless effort, because nowadays with the wide use of file sharing services,you can easily upload any kind of porn videos onto their servers,and anyone could download it from anywhere in the world.and add to that, online porn dvd sales have gone way down..people no longer visit porn web sites,so this would look to many as one of many lame laws & regulations this govenment has imposed.this is just one of those tricks the president is trying to build up his image. this is a worthless effort, because nowadays with the wide use of file sharing services,you can easily upload any kind of porn videos onto their servers,and anyone could download it from anywhere in the world.and add to that, online porn dvd sales have gone way down..people no longer visit porn web sites,so this would look to many as one of many lame laws & regulations this govenment has imposed.this is just one of those tricks the president is trying to build up his image.

]]> By: Chanuka Wattegama http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13422 Chanuka Wattegama Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:18:49 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13422 Shehal, We do not remove comments. (with the obvious exceptions of filth and spam - that too largely filtered by software, not us) I think the reason for the deletion of your comment was a glitch in our system which has been rectified now. (Many others faced the same problem) Shehal,

We do not remove comments. (with the obvious exceptions of filth and spam - that too largely filtered by software, not us)

I think the reason for the deletion of your comment was a glitch in our system which has been rectified now. (Many others faced the same problem)

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Sri Lanka: No Pornography http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13417 Global Voices Online » Sri Lanka: No Pornography Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:44:57 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13417 [...] in Sri Lanka and LirneAsia discuss the censoring of pornographic material. Posted by Neha Viswanathan  Print Version [...] [...] in Sri Lanka and LirneAsia discuss the censoring of pornographic material. Posted by Neha Viswanathan  Print Version [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Sri Lanka: No Pornography http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13418 Global Voices Online » Sri Lanka: No Pornography Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:44:57 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13418 [...] in Sri Lanka and LirneAsia discuss the censoring of pornographic material. Posted by Neha Viswanathan  Print Version [...] [...] in Sri Lanka and LirneAsia discuss the censoring of pornographic material. Posted by Neha Viswanathan  Print Version [...]

]]> By: shehal http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13399 shehal Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:47:26 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13399 are you filtering my comments? are you filtering my comments?

]]> By: Sudhraka Jayathissa http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13366 Sudhraka Jayathissa Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:41:07 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13366 Check this article, http://amumiris.org/?p=52 Check this article, http://amumiris.org/?p=52

]]> By: WHY THEY BANNED SEX WEBSITES « Blog Archive « Made in Sri Lanka http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13350 WHY THEY BANNED SEX WEBSITES « Blog Archive « Made in Sri Lanka Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:32:21 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13350 [...] charts, etc. of the report here because it could be complex for the general public to understand. Though those guys in LIRNEasia who are talking against the porn ban could understand such detailed reports, the general public who reads blogs like Amumiris.org that [...] [...] charts, etc. of the report here because it could be complex for the general public to understand. Though those guys in LIRNEasia who are talking against the porn ban could understand such detailed reports, the general public who reads blogs like Amumiris.org that [...]

]]> By: So apparently the next big thing is bann … « adamantine http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13346 So apparently the next big thing is bann … « adamantine Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:03:30 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13346 [...] am on August 4, 2008 | # | Tags: Mahinda Rajapakse Is An Asshole So apparently the next big thing is banning porn. Well, not “banning”: we have to go pay (more) money to get a [...] [...] am on August 4, 2008 | # | Tags: Mahinda Rajapakse Is An Asshole So apparently the next big thing is banning porn. Well, not “banning”: we have to go pay (more) money to get a [...]

]]> By: TheWhackster http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13343 TheWhackster Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:51:26 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13343 this could get dangerous this could get dangerous

]]> By: sam http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13323 sam Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:14:21 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13323 This is the beginning of the end. This is the beginning of the end.

]]> By: Arjuna http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13306 Arjuna Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:41:57 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13306 Dear Sanath, Whether you like it not, sex trade (prostitution) said to be the world's oldest profession and it will retain its ranking forever if it could do so for thousands of years. Online sex trade is just how it transformed sex trade to electronic form to retain its dominance. It is the online version of prostitution. Too smart, isn't it? According to the quote belows, Late Ronald Reagan rates sex trade (prostitution) and politics as the first and second oldest professions in the world and doesn't see much difference in the two. What is happening today in Sri Lanka is just a rating competition. Rate number two tries its best to go for the rate number one, not in terms of chronological age but with the quality of the trade. "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan Dear Sanath,

Whether you like it not, sex trade (prostitution) said to be the world’s oldest profession and it will retain its ranking forever if it could do so for thousands of years. Online sex trade is just how it transformed sex trade to electronic form to retain its dominance. It is the online version of prostitution. Too smart, isn’t it?

According to the quote belows, Late Ronald Reagan rates sex trade (prostitution) and politics as the first and second oldest professions in the world and doesn’t see much difference in the two. What is happening today in Sri Lanka is just a rating competition. Rate number two tries its best to go for the rate number one, not in terms of chronological age but with the quality of the trade.

“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.” - Ronald Reagan

]]> By: Chanuka Wattegama http://lirneasia.net/2008/08/sri-lanka-pornography-regulatory-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-13303 Chanuka Wattegama Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:04:56 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=1822#comment-13303 This is what today's Sunday Times said. If it is true TRC does not necessarily want ISPs to block any sites (contrary to what their Sinhalese sister paper Lankadeepa reported) but will hold subscribers responsible porn access by a child. Soon many parents will be jailed for their children visiting playboy.com. :-) ******************************************************** Unrestricted web access for payment in future, TRC 2008-08-02 The Government has decided to restrict access to adult websites by directing users to obtain a pass word for a payment in future, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka has announced. The TRCSL said the motive of it was to prevent children from accessing websites meant for the adults. “President Mahinda Rajapaksa has recognized the seriousness of the threat to the children as a result of unrestricted access to the websites meant for the adults”, the TRCSL said in a press release. The Commission said that the President has issued a Special direction to the Commission that the websites featuring obscene and pornographic material should be filtered with immediate effect in order to protect children against internet pornography. Accordingly internet service provides have been directed to filter websites featuring obscene, pornographic and sexually explicit material, the release said. Those obtaining permission for unrestricted access to internet will be responsible for use of the service in proper manner and should ensure that the filtered websites are not accessible to children, the release added. This is what today’s Sunday Times said. If it is true TRC does not necessarily want ISPs to block any sites (contrary to what their Sinhalese sister paper Lankadeepa reported) but will hold subscribers responsible porn access by a child.

Soon many parents will be jailed for their children visiting playboy.com. :-)

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Unrestricted web access for payment in future, TRC
2008-08-02

The Government has decided to restrict access to adult websites by directing users to obtain a pass word for a payment in future, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka has announced.

The TRCSL said the motive of it was to prevent children from accessing websites meant for the adults.

“President Mahinda Rajapaksa has recognized the seriousness of the threat to the children as a result of unrestricted access to the websites meant for the adults”, the TRCSL said in a press release.

The Commission said that the President has issued a Special direction to the Commission that the websites featuring obscene and pornographic material should be filtered with immediate effect in order to protect children against internet pornography.

Accordingly internet service provides have been directed to filter websites featuring obscene, pornographic and sexually explicit material, the release said.

Those obtaining permission for unrestricted access to internet will be responsible for use of the service in proper manner and should ensure that the filtered websites are not accessible to children, the release added.

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