.sex Considered Dangerous

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 22
Abstract: Periodically there are proposals to mandate the use of a special top level name or an IP address bit to flag "adult" or "unsafe" material or the like. This document explains why this is an ill considered idea from the legal, philosophical, and particularly, the technical points of view.
Publication Date: 2004-02-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC3675
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3675
Author(s): Donald E. Eastlake 3rd
Keyword(s): TLD, IP Addresses, Internet Protocol Filters

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IETF RFC 791 [Active*]
IETF RFC 977 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1035 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 1591 [Active*]
IETF RFC 1945 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2373 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2374 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2616 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2663 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2810 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2821 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2822 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2980 [Active*]
W3C.dsig-label — PICS Signed Labels (DSIG) 1.0 Specification < http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-DSig-label/ >, May 1998. EXTERNAL
W3C.pics-labels — PICS 1.1 Label Distribution -- Label Syntax and Communication Protocols < http://www.w3.org/TR/REC- PICS-labels >, October 1996. EXTERNAL
W3C.pics-services — PICS EXTERNAL
W3C.picsrules — PICSRules 1.1 Specification < http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-PICSRules >, December 1997. EXTERNAL

Bibliographic Reference(s)

"Testimony of Senator Joe Lieberman before Children's Online Protection Act Commission", June 8, 2000, < http://www.senate.gov/~lieberman/press/00/06/ 2000608958.html > EXTERNAL
Congress weighs Net porn bills," CNET article, February 10, 1998, < http://news.cnet.com/ news/0-1005-200-326435.html > EXTERNAL
"Final Report of the COPA Commission to the U.S. Congress", October 20, 2000, < http://www.copacommission.org/report/ newtopleveldomain.shtml > EXTERNAL
"British Telecom comments to U.S. Commerce Department", February 20, 1998, < http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/ 130dftmail/BT.htm > EXTERNAL
"U.S. House Commerce Committee report", 105th Congress, October 5, 1998. < http://www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/ hr3783-report.html > EXTERNAL
"GAO Report OGC-00-33R", July 7, 2000, < http://www.gao.gov/new.items/og00033r.pdf > EXTERNAL
"Request for reconsideration from ICM Registry to ICANN", December 15, 2000, < http://www.icann.org/committees/reconsideration/ icm-request-16dec00.htm > EXTERNAL
"Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union", 117 S.Ct. 2329, June 26, 1997, EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 97 [Active*]
IETF RFC 1034 [Active*]
IETF RFC 1715 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2396 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2460 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2535 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2606 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2811 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2812 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2813 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2854 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3513 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3514 [Active*]

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