Just wanted to add something to the discussion: http://www.renesys.com/2013/10/google-dns-departs-brazil-ahead-new-law/ Basically, they are claiming possible new laws in Brazil have left Google to shut down DNS services locally. -----Original Message----- From: Jorge Amodio [mailto:jmamodio@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 8:37 AM To: Masataka Ohta Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: How anti-NSA backlash could fracture the Internet along national borders - The Washington Post That is correct (not everywhere) but it has no direct relationship with the economics plus violating local or international laws is way above layer 7 Also there is no uniform and universal standard that defines what is or is not a violation. -Jorge
On Nov 4, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> wrote:
Jorge Amodio wrote:
There is no field on the IP packet header to indicate to which political mandate the packet belongs.
If a service provider violates some local regulation, the provider will be punished, which is the political mandate.
That is, the service provider should better observe related local regulations as long as they want to have business at the locale.
Masataka Ohta