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[quote name='glen' post='25611' date='Mar 30 2010, 03:19 PM']Does anyone know if the filter will block all proxies? This would be a bit much if it happened![/quote]

As far as i know the filtering system simply blocks black listed IPs at the ISP level.



[quote name='PeterJMelb' post='25612' date='Mar 30 2010, 03:39 PM']Iblis how do you read the result?[/quote]

Just reading off of the link Glen provided, considering this:

ISP filtering is a key component of the Australian Government’s cyber-safety plan. Filtering of online material at the ISP level reflects the view that ISPs should take some responsibility for enabling the blocking of such content on the internet.



This is consistent with the recent child online protection guidelines issued by the International Telecommunications Union. The guidelines state that the strategic objective for the internet industry for child internet safety should be to reduce the availability of, and restrict access to, harmful or illegal content and conduct.



ISP-level content filtering is already occurring in other countries, including Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.



The Government wants to ensure a similar level of protection for internet users in Australia.

and this:

The live pilot, managed by independent testing laboratory Enex TestLab, demonstrated that filtering of a defined list of online content can achieve 100 per cent accuracy and no noticeable performance degradation directly attributable to the filter.



Enex TestLab has provided its report of findings from the ISP filtering pilot.

There is a good chance that the proposed ISP filtering will live to see the light of day... not sure about longevity with technology evolving at such a fast rate.