Podcast: Play in new window | Download (9.2MB)
BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month.
Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735
 |
|
SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit
Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter
Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3)
Download today’s show.
If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here.
Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us
SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST
Net Neutrality and Privacy
by Andrew McCaskey
Net Neutrality Might Lost at the Protocol Level
The UK site Tech Radar has a very thoughtful article about how net neutrality and anononimity might be lost at the protocol level – in a move so subtle that it would slip away without notice.
The premise is that our current TCP/IP system, by design, makes it almost impossible to tell the origin of a particular packet. But, that is not a law of nature, it is merely a byproduct of some design decisions that were made in selection of elements of the protocol within TCP/IP. Tech Radar points an accusing finger at the nascent US Air Force Cyber Command, proposing revisions to the protocol that would require tagging of packets with origin, building an audit trail of the hand off points. Packets lacking the tracking detail would be refused by cooperating routers.
The subtlety is that this could be made optional – initially used only for government communications or official traffic. Then it could be extended to include such traffic as weather information or public safety broadcasts. Then a few years later, a phase in for filing with the Department of Motor Vehicles, or taxes. As the system became more accepted, all “modern routers” would adopt the new protocol, and fewer portions of the net would use the perfectly legal “old style” connections. Just like the ease with which we hook up DRM friendly HDMI cabling and analog ports fall into misuse, we are led along the path.
CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network
Stirling V4 Engine- Steampunk
Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . .
If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com
Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com!
Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net — from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable.
- Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH
- Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2
- .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3
- More blogs about SlashdotReview…
- Slashdot Review by Email – Sign up here:
