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Listed below are comments made by TimmyTheTroll between Monday, 15th September 2008 and Monday, 23rd February 2009.

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Can we block child abuse sites? 1:45pm on 23 Feb 2009 "So this is why the IWF should be done away with, it ultimately achieves nothing"

The IWF create the list, that's all. They have nothing to do with its implementation into ISP networks. Only when all the relevant parties understand the current system and the limitations will there be consensus on how best filter illegal content. The current system is still oversold by the charities spouting off today, govt ministers and MPs who don't understand the technicalities and some folks within the IWF.
Can we block child abuse sites? 1:20pm on 23 Feb 2009 "Why not target the child abusers rather than the usual scapegoats - the ISP's?"

The people committing the abuse are often in other countries. People should be asking what we can do in our country? Well, the same system that is used for the IWF blocklist can, with a few modifications, also be used to track people accessing the content. With that information the Police can make a few home visits. Hopefully the Police will have the ability to spot someone whose PC or Wireless Access Point is being used by a third party.
Can we block child abuse sites? 11:54am on 23 Feb 2009 "Firstly,why is it so expensive for ISP's?"

The devices capable of doing this kind of work for all protocols have probably not been developed. There are maybe a small group of manufacturers making units capable of blocking one or two file transfer protocols, but there are hundreds if not thousands of ways of transferring files. The technology really isn't there yet. Maybe a few governments will push manufacturers and a market will be born.

"Secondly, is more being done to allow this 'blocklist' to work on a wider scale e.g. https sites and p2p?"

HTTPS in encrypted. We use HTTPS to contact our banking sites. Developing, then having equipment capable of cracking this encryption on a large scale in ISP networks is a bad idea.

The people with the expertise of tracking files on the p2p networks are the music industry. Maybe more could be done, but every time you start to filter a certain protocol you increase the cost of the Internet connection. We're at the stage where it is cost prohibitive now.

If you want to pay more for a fully filtered connection then maybe the market will appear and you can have your wish. I'm sure the govt will mandate fully filtered Internet connections for all if thats what people want? Perhaps they'll give discount for Daily Mail readers too?
Can we block child abuse sites? 11:08am on 23 Feb 2009 "If they are hosted via a p2p client it will catch them."

Typo. If they are hosted via a p2p client it will NOT catch them.
Can we block child abuse sites? 10:41am on 23 Feb 2009 The IWF blocklist will block only a small percentage of undesirable images accessible via the HTTP protocol. If the images are hosted on a secure HTTPS server it will not block them. If they are hosted via a p2p client it will catch them. There are a multitude of ways to transfer files over the Internet. The hardened child pornographers can easily get around the blocking listed if they wish. The IWF blocklist is only effective at stopping the average user.

If we want a system to stop child pornographers accessing illegal content, then they should be more heavily policed. The govt should commission law enforcement and an ISP to police these people properly. This scale of policing is very expensive and almost impossible to introduce to the masses without doubling the cost of our connections. So why make everyone pay for the crimes of the few? As part of the sentence, paedophiles should only be allowed to use the Internet through heavily policed connections for a period of years. Job done.
Who benefits from rate cut? 3:19pm on 06 Nov 2008 Since we own Northern Rock, why not have them exclusively borrow from the BoE at preferential rates? We need to make sure that any mortgages given out are not the usual self cert or 5x mortgages they used to deliver. House holders will then start to move from the major banks across to NR. If the banks want to keep their mortgage business, then their rates will need to drop. Job done.
Meltdown Monday 1:27pm on 15 Sep 2008 I worked for a company that went through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy proceedings a number of years ago. The creditors ended up owning the company and the shares were worthless leaving the shareholders to take the brunt of the failure. If they've gone from $50 to $3.50, then you had better sell now because they'll be worthless in very little time. See Northern Rock for details. I wonder if the Fed will end up owning the majority of Lehman?

One can only hope that the folks who received the big bonuses (essentially out of our pension funds) were paid in Lehman stock.

Still, the FTSE is starting to look good for investing some cash.

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