Porn TLD on Hold - bit-tech.net Forums

GreatOldOne · 16th Aug 2005, 12:22

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/08...X_Domain_Hold/

Hamish · 16th Aug 2005, 12:36

"But some are concerned that it would encourage more porn on the net."
is that a) even possible and b) a bad thing?

tekcajder · 16th Aug 2005, 12:43

pr0n on teh intranet? no way!

edit: excuse me if this sounds stupid, but since when did the bush administration have any say over internet regulations? I thought this was something that was larger than just what exists in the US.

Zidane · 16th Aug 2005, 13:16

wait..... you mean i can get porn on this thing?!

"encouraging more porn on the internet" isnt a bad thing in itself, especially in a .xxx domain, as the porn its encouraging will be more controllable (i.e. parental control blocks *.xxx), and would enable much better regulation of sites. as it is, whether encouraged or not, porn is growing every day, we may as well have a place to put it all.

Shadow_101 · 16th Aug 2005, 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Porn TLD on Hold

A lot of fuss over nothing

meh far as I can see its good thing to at least attempt to separate porn from .com's etc , at least make a system admins job at lot easier to filter porn sites.

Atomic · 16th Aug 2005, 13:30

block *.xxx

that'd make any parents life easier!

MiNiMaL_FuSS · 16th Aug 2005, 13:42

its a good idea as far as i can see.

however whats to make current porn sites with .com (etc) domains over to .xxx domians. I'd rather keep a main stream .com over any other domain type.

good in theory, but i doubt it will work in practice.

Master Ninja · 16th Aug 2005, 14:08

Good idea, Bush! Instead of realizing that porn exists and administering it like a civilized society, let's continue to pretend the problem doesn't exist! Why talk about things when you can just ignore them? USA! USA! USA!

Da Dego · 16th Aug 2005, 14:23

If they keep this up, we'll only be able to get porn in schools and church youth groups anymore!

Seriously, though...this is dumb. Putting it all someplace would GREATLY help clean up the net and make it more friendly and easy to use for people...where not every mistype ends up being a porn site.

Luukas · 16th Aug 2005, 16:16

Heh. Wasn't whitehouse dot something a porn site? Sweet irony...

cpemma · 16th Aug 2005, 16:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Da Dego

...where not every mistype ends up being a porn site.

I accidentally typed porn.com and guess what?

Whitehouse, IIRC, was also a UK girlie mag.

But named in honour of Mary Whitehouse, who led a moral crusade to clean up TV here in the UK back in the swinging sixties,

Firehed · 16th Aug 2005, 17:15

whitehouse.com was indeed a pron site. not sure if it still is, but probably (.gov is the site for the presidential White House).

Just lowered my opinion of bush that much further. Started off decent when he took office, especially considering that I'm from one of the bluest states there is. I'd still rather have him than Kerry or Dean (as dean is our former governer, he personally screwed up enough things in the tiny state of VT to for me to know the US would be in shambles within weeks)

glnsize · 16th Aug 2005, 17:58

Most filters already contain a *xxx* rule anyways... This was realy aimed at parental control, and quite franky is needed! do a google search for "shoe laces" and you'll pull up 20,000 p0rn sites... Its actualy kinda sad. That being said the main goal of all p2p clients is porn. Not music or software so that should be where the attention should be if anyone is trying to restrict it.

my $.02

Wolfe · 16th Aug 2005, 19:30

http://www.overclockers.com/tips00823/

Read this article.

It makes some realy god points about why this should not be done, for COMPLETELY different reasons.

Shadow_101 · 16th Aug 2005, 19:35

Erm solely for research purposes so I could "block" those sites I searched for "shoe laces" on Google and funny enough it returned results about shoe laces, and were to buy them, not one drop or hint of porn...

shomann · 16th Aug 2005, 20:10

It would be a great time to register a few dozen adult website domain names just for money-making purposes.

OK, that isn't exactly kosher, but still a good idea

B3CK · 16th Aug 2005, 22:52

I think it is a good idea in theory. I think that if each ISP agreed to force the .xxx to porn, or adult related sites it would indeed help "clean" up the net. However, what is to stop someone from outside the US/UK/imposed area, (3rd world countries, non extradition countries) - from taking over the old .com porn names and starting them up again? If we can't prosecute them, what's the point? We shouldn't allow our ISP's or our Gov to "blacklist" domains on our behalf; that would be the same thing as them telling us that we can't read the morning post, but can read the (yourcityhere)journal.
I am not much of a bush supporter, but I do agree that we should have a better understanding as to how we can punish/remove offending sites. I would rather wait and get this one right, then go off half COCKED, (couldn't help myself), and just be the next biggest joke. Really, how is .xxx going to work if you can't enforce it?

Ghys · 17th Aug 2005, 04:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by tekcajder

pr0n on teh intranet? no way!

edit: excuse me if this sounds stupid, but since when did the bush administration have any say over internet regulations? I thought this was something that was larger than just what exists in the US.

i was also wondering about that.... and I still am

16th Aug 2005, 12:22	#1
GreatOldOne Thoroughbred of Sin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Evil League of Evil Posts: 10,283	Porn TLD on Hold http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/08...X_Domain_Hold/ __________________ "The iPhone is like some glorious early-60s sports car. Not as practical, reliable, economical, sensible or roomy as a family saloon but oh, the joy." - Stephen Fry A GOO-ster is Born - Build Diary Electronics Help Needed! RSS Twitter

16th Aug 2005, 12:43	#3
tekcajder Multimodder Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NY=c Posts: 89	pr0n on teh intranet? no way! edit: excuse me if this sounds stupid, but since when did the bush administration have any say over internet regulations? I thought this was something that was larger than just what exists in the US. __________________ -no-refills-please-recycle-

16th Aug 2005, 13:16	#4
Zidane Hypermodder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: At my desk. Posts: 687	wait..... you mean i can get porn on this thing?! "encouraging more porn on the internet" isnt a bad thing in itself, especially in a .xxx domain, as the porn its encouraging will be more controllable (i.e. parental control blocks *.xxx), and would enable much better regulation of sites. as it is, whether encouraged or not, porn is growing every day, we may as well have a place to put it all. __________________ You dont need a reason to help people. `Zidane Tribal. Bit-Tech Folding@Home Team 33346 -> here Join the Bit-Tech Folding@Home team -> here need a hand joining or setting up? ask us on the bit-tech forums -> here

16th Aug 2005, 13:30	#6
Atomic Gerwaff Join Date: May 2002 Location: Norwich, UK Posts: 7,898	block .xxx that'd make any parents life easier! __________________ :: www.junkions.com :: Website & Server Hosting :: Ultimate CHEESECAKE ::*

16th Aug 2005, 13:42	#7
MiNiMaL_FuSS I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Posts: 3,067	its a good idea as far as i can see. however whats to make current porn sites with .com (etc) domains over to .xxx domians. I'd rather keep a main stream .com over any other domain type. good in theory, but i doubt it will work in practice. __________________ -Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, Take the Present as a Gift-

16th Aug 2005, 12:36	#2
Hamish I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London Posts: 3,587	"But some are concerned that it would encourage more porn on the net." is that a) even possible and b) a bad thing?

16th Aug 2005, 14:08	#8
Master Ninja Multimodder Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 182	Good idea, Bush! Instead of realizing that porn exists and administering it like a civilized society, let's continue to pretend the problem doesn't exist! Why talk about things when you can just ignore them? USA! USA! USA!

16th Aug 2005, 14:23	#9
Da Dego Brett Thomas Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH USA Posts: 3,906	If they keep this up, we'll only be able to get porn in schools and church youth groups anymore! Seriously, though...this is dumb. Putting it all someplace would GREATLY help clean up the net and make it more friendly and easy to use for people...where not every mistype ends up being a porn site. __________________ "Frankly that seems overkill. iluvtrees2 arguing with spec is the intellectual equivalent of a bunny rabbit taking on a pissed-off lion." - Nexxo

16th Aug 2005, 16:16	#10
Luukas Minimodder Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 37	Heh. Wasn't whitehouse dot something a porn site? Sweet irony...

16th Aug 2005, 17:15	#12
Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An hour north of Boston Posts: 12,576	whitehouse.com was indeed a pron site. not sure if it still is, but probably (.gov is the site for the presidential White House). Just lowered my opinion of bush that much further. Started off decent when he took office, especially considering that I'm from one of the bluest states there is. I'd still rather have him than Kerry or Dean (as dean is our former governer, he personally screwed up enough things in the tiny state of VT to for me to know the US would be in shambles within weeks) __________________ hire me @ eric-stern.com - web developer and php ninja pics @ my smugmug :: Twitter @firehed :: blog @ firehed.net 40D\|580EXII\|285HV\|AB800\|70-200f/4LIS\|17-50f/2.8\|150f/2.8Macro\|50f/1.8 MacPro @ 8x2.8GHz, 10GB FBDDR2, 3TB HD :: MBP @ 2x2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HD

16th Aug 2005, 17:58	#13
glnsize Minimodder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Augusta, Ga, USA Posts: 33	Most filters already contain a xxx rule anyways... This was realy aimed at parental control, and quite franky is needed! do a google search for "shoe laces" and you'll pull up 20,000 p0rn sites... Its actualy kinda sad. That being said the main goal of all p2p clients is porn. Not music or software so that should be where the attention should be if anyone is trying to restrict it. my $.02

16th Aug 2005, 19:30	#14
Wolfe Hypermodder Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: /root Posts: 768	http://www.overclockers.com/tips00823/ Read this article. It makes some realy god points about why this should not be done, for COMPLETELY different reasons. __________________ User subject to random acts of normality.

16th Aug 2005, 19:35	#15
Shadow_101 Mudkips. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Harborne, Birmingham Posts: 1,090	Erm solely for research purposes so I could "block" those sites I searched for "shoe laces" on Google and funny enough it returned results about shoe laces, and were to buy them, not one drop or hint of porn... __________________ Network Engineering & Security, CCNA, ITIL (F). GM IT Security Analyst Last edited by Shadow_101; 16th Aug 2005 at 20:23.

16th Aug 2005, 20:10	#16
shomann Supermodder Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 291	It would be a great time to register a few dozen adult website domain names just for money-making purposes. OK, that isn't exactly kosher, but still a good idea

16th Aug 2005, 22:52	#17
B3CK Supermodder Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 352	I think it is a good idea in theory. I think that if each ISP agreed to force the .xxx to porn, or adult related sites it would indeed help "clean" up the net. However, what is to stop someone from outside the US/UK/imposed area, (3rd world countries, non extradition countries) - from taking over the old .com porn names and starting them up again? If we can't prosecute them, what's the point? We shouldn't allow our ISP's or our Gov to "blacklist" domains on our behalf; that would be the same thing as them telling us that we can't read the morning post, but can read the (yourcityhere)journal. I am not much of a bush supporter, but I do agree that we should have a better understanding as to how we can punish/remove offending sites. I would rather wait and get this one right, then go off half COCKED, (couldn't help myself), and just be the next biggest joke. Really, how is .xxx going to work if you can't enforce it? __________________ "God loves stupid people, that is why he made so many of them." My best friend at M$ Tech support.