Newzbin2 blocking order, questions over SSL etc

[Francis Davey]

2011/10/27 Clive D.W. Feather <clive at davros.org>:
> James Firth said:
>> So, what if Newzbin2 go HTTPS/SSL? Surely Cleanfeed can't match a URL from
>> an encrypted HTTP GET request?
>
> To the best of my knowledge (which was pretty comprehensive but may now be
> out of date) BT's system only looks at HTTP, not HTTPS.
>

That seems to be what Richard Clayton thought:

http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2011/07/28/will-newzbin-be-blocked/

Though as he's on this list, I imagine he might have a view.

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Francis Davey