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Is that impossible? Isn't it just a matter of running a root nameserver for the new internet?

• baddox 15y ago
  It depends what you mean by "new internet," and how much control the government eventually takes over the actual hardware routing the current Internet. Even If the government owns every ISP, you could take part in encrypted communication, and I don't think there's any way for them to stop that. At the absolute worst, you could go back to basics, and just use the plain old telephone system to dial into known servers.
  • gizzlon 15y ago
    ".. government owns every ISP, you could take part in encrypted communication, and I don't think there's any way for them to stop that.." Sure they could: just disallow any "unknown" encrypted communication. For example requiring the en/decryption to happen at the ISP or only allowing traffic they can decrypt and check. (I'm not saying this is likely, but it could be implemented and most folks wouldn't care)
    • pavel_lishin 15y ago
      How do you trivially decide what's an encrypted file, and what's simply a highly compressed gzip archive?
      • zachsnow 15y ago
        You err on the side of "it's encrypted, and you're under arrest." False positives aren't the "bad guy's" concern. Not particularly serious. A little maybe.
      • ThaddeusQuay2 15y ago
        In such a situation, the upcoming SOGA (Stop Online Gzips Act) shall provide a reliable decidability methodology.
    • baddox 15y ago
      > Sure they could: just disallow any "unknown" encrypted communication. Even then, it's impossible to prevent arbitrary communication. You can always hide your message inside of allowed messages (steganography), or an even more basic albeit inefficient technique: just use the timing between allowed messages to encode your hidden message.