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Mad_Aussie
30-09-2011, 10:16 AM
http://www.zdnet.com.au/australia-to-sign-acta-tomorrow-339323413.htm

Not good news, at all.
SircatmaN
30-09-2011, 11:38 AM
Uh oh. *sets peerblock to start on boot* phew, problem solved.
cplagz
30-09-2011, 11:47 AM
Thank you SSL.
stormtrooper
30-09-2011, 12:07 PM
Thank you SSL.

^This. Couldn't give a fuck what internet piracy policy they want to implement. Unless they have a warrant to view my SSL traffic, they can go fuck themselves.
Passage GT
30-09-2011, 12:44 PM
can i ask what SSL is?
missus is on the plane to perth so i can't ask her the nerdy questions like usual lol
stormtrooper
30-09-2011, 12:46 PM
SSL - Transport Layer Security. Essentially it's an encrypted data stream.
1JZVL
30-09-2011, 12:59 PM
So SSL "hides" everything?

Doesn't that look dodgy in the eyes of the govt and ISP etc?
Ryan1080
30-09-2011, 01:01 PM
SSL? Tell us more plz :)
stormtrooper
30-09-2011, 01:06 PM
Sure if they see that there's a lot of traffic going back and forth over an SSL connection they might start to wonder what it is. You could simply say you do a lot of graphics editing and are uploading/downloading to a server, video editing etc. As far as I'm aware, they need federal approval in the form of a warrant to be able to inspect the flow of traffic and for that they have to have reasonable suspicion that you're doing something illegal.
shifted
30-09-2011, 01:08 PM
From memory your connections to say NetBank are all SSL encrypted - how does it work for general browsing and downloads?

On phone so didn't see replies my bad
1JZVL
30-09-2011, 01:10 PM
Oh, so if I'm using torrents etc "SSL" can hide it to some extent?

Problem is, if you're using it all the time, they'd suspect something and might have a peek around and realise you're uploading/downloading large quantities of copyrighted material

argh.
fourseven
30-09-2011, 01:15 PM
Just because traffic is encrypted, doesn't give them reason to intercept.
stormtrooper
30-09-2011, 01:17 PM
What FourSeven said. 1JZVL, they can't simply sidestep the encryption. It'd take them forever to decrypt the stream, a lot more processing power than they'd have, and in a lot of cases, my SSL connections only last about 30 mins as it is, not even CLOSE to enough time. They'd essentially have to hack my SSL connection (which is illegal without a warrant) and they wouldn't have enough time to do it anyway.
regi
30-09-2011, 01:29 PM
how does one aquire these 'super super lows'?
Ryan1080
30-09-2011, 01:33 PM
What FourSeven said. 1JZVL, they can't simply sidestep the encryption. It'd take them forever to decrypt the stream, a lot more processing power than they'd have, and in a lot of cases, my SSL connections only last about 30 mins as it is, not even CLOSE to enough time. They'd essentially have to hack my SSL connection (which is illegal without a warrant) and they wouldn't have enough time to do it anyway.

Say they do issue a warrant. Are they supposed to let you know? Or can they just snoop in without your knowledge?

I hope it's the former, then you can just stop all p2p traffic immediately lol
DanWA
30-09-2011, 01:34 PM
So back to usenet it is????

Or can you SSL torrents?
mod
30-09-2011, 01:47 PM
So back to usenet it is????


You miss spelled piratebay.com


http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SSL.html
DanWA
30-09-2011, 01:52 PM
No i definately meant usenet, the one you pay for.
Gleeso
30-09-2011, 01:58 PM
I would very much like to know MORE about this SSL, I download quite a bit everyday.

Edit: I hadnt refreshed in a while.
ruler
30-09-2011, 02:56 PM
does this affect my 4chan habit in any way?
Phyber
01-10-2011, 07:56 PM
4chan will get me locked up one day I'm sure of it. Total degenerates the lot of them...great reading when I have spare time...
Alt_F4
01-10-2011, 08:23 PM
HMAVPN does the trick for me.
Gleeso
01-10-2011, 08:46 PM
HMAVPN does the trick for me.

Are you paying? Or free download?
Gleeso
01-10-2011, 08:48 PM
Are you paying? Or free download?

Edit: If free download, link please.
Lonewolf
01-10-2011, 09:35 PM
SSL is used everywhere, everyday by businesses, VPN traffic, exchange email, banking stuff.
Basically stops people from poking around inside the data between 2 points (e.g. you and a server)
Alt_F4
01-10-2011, 09:47 PM
Are you paying? Or free download?
Paid. I got it initially to get around my ISPs crippling of torrents.
Have found a number of other good uses for it since.
s1mon
02-10-2011, 06:27 AM
4chan will get me locked up one day I'm sure of it. Total degenerates the lot of them...great reading when I have spare time...

Quoted for Truth :(