By: mazza

Depends what filtering technology is used at what ISP. It also depends on what degrtee of effective blocking is acceptable to be considered a positive step. Nothing but nothing is 100% on the internet and it never as, and never will be. That is the internet. To demand that some measure needs to be 100% secure 100% of the time is naive. No AV, no firewall, no IDS, no internet routing, no uptimes, no bandwidth levels, no security etc are 100%. Yet internet access and web security, web accces controls are used in millions of entities across the internet to an acceptable level every minute of every day. ? The question here is really about what could or would make a positive difference to a major problem area with minimal material and actual impact on usage by other users. Based on actuall facts and some comprehensive testing, not assertions and therories...? ? Ther are only so many changes that illegal gambling operators can make until this begins to disrupt thier illegal business. It would again be naive to think that they can continually change addresses and their business rolls on unaffected... This is after all the internet, and it is all about connectivity... ? The proposed methods are anything but optimal, but far better than sitting around on our hands chanting "der der der der doing".... >;)) ? Lastly, as an ISP, would you leave the operational direction of your setup and business to the etchnical expertise of the European Commission??? LOL, no! Not me and not you... ? Quoting their decision is a political exercise and not a credible technical analysis.