Comments on: Utah governor weighs antiporn proposal

Bill requiring Net providers to cordon off "harmful to minors" Web sites goes to governor after tech firms fail to block it.

It's really simple...

Google, Yahoo, et al should block access to any IP originating in the state of Utah. Just block the whole state. Maybe in the next legislative session they will come to their senses. Remember this is the same state that for many years allowed polygamy and marriage to child brides. Yes it was illegal, but it was obviously tolerated. Ironic, isn't it?

[george_humphrey]

Even simpler than Jim Johnson's excellent point above

Is how the savvy ISP's will imp[lement this.

User's who wish to subscribe to the filtered feed will be required to set their browser to access the net via a proxy server at the ISAP. Said proxy system will be VIA(AMD) Geoge based system with a 300 MHZ processer, 64 MB of RAM and 400 Gigabytes of disc. Whenever the user clicks on a link/enters a URL the proxy will go look respond immediately with a web page that says "Checking filter, Please wait" after clunking and grinding through the 400 GB of URL lists in the DB, (Taking five minutes or so) the proxy server will finally re-direct the user's http request to the, now approved, web site which will then service the request.


Guess how long subscribers will stay subscribed to the filtering service when they have to wait five minutes for each request to clear?

Thats right, five minutes.

Don't forget

Internet providers will have to purchase these programs. Therefore they should charge for them. The bill doesn't say anything about offering the service for free.

[hadaso]

Joseph Smith or Brigham Young would have looked for an alternative place

Joseph Smith or Brigham Young would have looked for an alternative place to take their followers to if they lived today in Utah. They would not have been allowed to publish their beliefs on the web by the present Utah government!