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Ports for Porn - Using Firewalls to Block Porn

Posted by Hemos on from the i-can't-define-pr0n-but-i-know-it-when-i-see-it dept.

vicpylon writes "A Utah businessman and his non-profit organization wants to limit pornography to certain ports in the TCP/IP protocol. He is literally suggesting legislatively restricting porn sites to certain ports, so that the "offensive" content is easier to block. This is not workable on so many levels that it is laughable. International adult sites not subject to US laws, proxy servers, enforcement issues all leap to my tired mind as major flaws in his plan. He is lobbying congress, so do not be surprised to see this discussed by some headline grabbing politico. "

3 of 574 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I want to restrict things, too. by MvD_Moscow · · Score: 0, Troll
    Learn to read, it's not hard!

    What the GP said:

    ..who want to take more of our rights away in the name of protecting the children

    Get it dude? He was takling about idiots who want to limit our liberties because they such as parents.

  2. I applaud this guy's attempt by Matt+Ownby · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't know what some people feel they are accomplishing by mocking attempts like this.

    In truth, looking at porn only leads to captivity, so I would think that those who love freedom would be more interested in trying to eliminate porn from their lives rather than trying to mock attempts to do so, even if the attempt may have some technological flaws.

    Personally, I love freedom, therefore I try to avoid porn as much as possible, and if some law is going to make it that much easier for me to avoid porn by putting it all in a single TCP port, so much the better for me and my family. Why? Because porn is not worth protecting!

    And being married, I love sex too, but I love how sacred sex is. For those of you who have never been married and never experienced how wonderful sex is within marriage, with complete fidelity, let me tell you, it is totally worth it. The world tells us so many lies about sex, that it is sad.

    Porn is just a big lie. Instead of trying to save it, let's just be rid of it. Sure this guy's attempt may have some technological flaws, but at least he's trying.

  3. Off Topic/GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE FINAL ANTI-CHRIST by Voice+of+the+Voicele · · Score: 0, Troll

    I couldn't find an appropriate article to post this under - so repost it for max visibility. http://forums.torrentspy.com/showthread.php?t=2467 5