[Full-disclosure] Why Block Mail-archive.com?

[Tony Oller]

On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:12:56 +0300
Sabahattin Gucukoglu <mail at sabahattin-gucukoglu.com> wrote:

> What have mail-archive.com done to you that you must block them in
> DNS, by setting up an empty authority zone for it?
There is plenty of material on mail-archive.com that is offensive to
various interests in Turkey.  Google any issue considered contentious
in Turkey with site:mail-archive.com and you'll find plenty of
content.

  http://www.mail-archive.com/pnews-l@yahoogroups.com/msg00205.html
  http://www.mail-archive.com/proletar@yahoogroups.com/msg23515.html
  http://www.mail-archive.com/osint@yahoogroups.com/msg74437.html
  http://www.mail-archive.com/osint@yahoogroups.com/msg70438.html

You may even approve of the block by the time you're done :)

...
> Yes, using another DNS server works, only it turns out there's no UI
> on the iPhone to change the DNS servers used while on 3G.  Bloody
> thing.
That's Apple of late - no user serviceable parts inside, and warranty
void if the sticky bit is removed.

~tr