The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has instructed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to redirect Domain Name Service (DNS) traffic that uses third-party DNS servers back to their own DNS servers

MCMC has blocked a total of 24,277 websites between between 2018 to Aug 1, classified into various categories, which are online gambling (39 per cent), pornography/obscene content (31 per cent), copyright infringement (14 per cent), other harmful sites (12 per cent), prostitution (two per cent) and unlawful investments/scams (two per cent).

“It has been falsely claimed that the measure undertaken by MCMC is a draconian measure. We reiterate that Malaysia’s implementation is for the protection of vulnerable groups from harmful online content.

  • BuelldozerA
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    08 days ago

    My internet being bootstrapped by ISP…

    Seriously, what does “bootstrapped” mean in this context?

    • sunzu2
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      18 days ago

      ISP will hijack unencrypted DNS request made by your router for your “safety”

      In practice they log your DNS queries and sell this data.

      • BuelldozerA
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        8 days ago

        Okay that I’m aware of but I’ve never heard of it referred to as “bootstrapping”. Thanks for the explanation.