The troon REEEing is actually correct this time that KF is responsible for getting the bathtub HRT peddlers deplatformed.
It's not even a direct assault on these degenerates. They are simply the lowest hanging fruit in a campaign to get Cogent to uniformly enforce their own ToS as ISP Internet Jannies.
Cogent has started nullrouting KF access requests from customers using unrelated ISPs but have to cross Cogent infrastructure at some point.
This makes access to KF for any user whose ISP includes Cogent in their downstream Tier 1 mix very unreliable to access independent of any concurrent DDos attacks or any domain/site specific hosting issues. Cogent is effectively stealing and blackholing requests for KF access that comes from users who aren't even their customers, by pretending KF's domain doesn't exist and causing an error if the shortest path available crosses on to Cogent infrastructure.
In response, Null decided on a campaign of malicious compliance to get more attention to KF's plight and Cogent's unprecedented jannying shenanigans.
The idea is to have individuals file Acceptable Use Policy reports regarding any Cogent customers they suspect aren't in compliance with their AUP and ToS, similar to how Liz Fong-Jones has been so successful in filing reports to get KF dropped.
It's not specifically against the DIY HRT sites, but these are the easiest targets since they are engaging in illegal activity out in the open.
The overarching goals are a little more amorphous.
The first is to try to get Cogent to start applying their new Internet jannying tactics more uniformly by enforcing their AUP against other sites rather than just KF. The hope is that this will create more awareness and more targets speaking out against Tier 1 ISPs acting as the Internet Police.
The second is to waste Cogent customer service resources and make them reconsider the implications of being jannies.
The third is that Cogent has a little-known policy that they bill 20$ to THE CUSTOMER for every successfully processed AUP complaint. So even legitimate complaints without enforcement action in theory have a financial cost to illegal and immoral sites they host.
Lastly, there's a separate campaign encouraging users of KF who are affected by Cogent's nullrouting downstream to contact their own local ISP to complain they are being denied access to a US legal website, as is their right. The hope being that their local ISPs will investigate the matter and possibly diversify their Tier 1 blend, potentially impacting Cogent's business.
Great summary. I find it loathsome, but the enemies of Kiwi Farms (namely Elliot Liz Fong Jones) found a strategy that got some traction--goes after the low level networks. It is awful, antithetical to a free and open Internet, and it should be exposed for the totalitarian tactic it is.
In the meanwhile, apply it against the same people people who came up with the strategy. Fuck them.
The troon REEEing is actually correct this time that KF is responsible for getting the bathtub HRT peddlers deplatformed.
It's not even a direct assault on these degenerates. They are simply the lowest hanging fruit in a campaign to get Cogent to uniformly enforce their own ToS as ISP Internet Jannies.
Cogent has started nullrouting KF access requests from customers using unrelated ISPs but have to cross Cogent infrastructure at some point.
This makes access to KF for any user whose ISP includes Cogent in their downstream Tier 1 mix very unreliable to access independent of any concurrent DDos attacks or any domain/site specific hosting issues. Cogent is effectively stealing and blackholing requests for KF access that comes from users who aren't even their customers, by pretending KF's domain doesn't exist and causing an error if the shortest path available crosses on to Cogent infrastructure.
In response, Null decided on a campaign of malicious compliance to get more attention to KF's plight and Cogent's unprecedented jannying shenanigans.
The idea is to have individuals file Acceptable Use Policy reports regarding any Cogent customers they suspect aren't in compliance with their AUP and ToS, similar to how Liz Fong-Jones has been so successful in filing reports to get KF dropped.
It's not specifically against the DIY HRT sites, but these are the easiest targets since they are engaging in illegal activity out in the open.
The overarching goals are a little more amorphous.
The first is to try to get Cogent to start applying their new Internet jannying tactics more uniformly by enforcing their AUP against other sites rather than just KF. The hope is that this will create more awareness and more targets speaking out against Tier 1 ISPs acting as the Internet Police.
The second is to waste Cogent customer service resources and make them reconsider the implications of being jannies.
The third is that Cogent has a little-known policy that they bill 20$ to THE CUSTOMER for every successfully processed AUP complaint. So even legitimate complaints without enforcement action in theory have a financial cost to illegal and immoral sites they host.
Lastly, there's a separate campaign encouraging users of KF who are affected by Cogent's nullrouting downstream to contact their own local ISP to complain they are being denied access to a US legal website, as is their right. The hope being that their local ISPs will investigate the matter and possibly diversify their Tier 1 blend, potentially impacting Cogent's business.
Great summary. I find it loathsome, but the enemies of Kiwi Farms (namely Elliot Liz Fong Jones) found a strategy that got some traction--goes after the low level networks. It is awful, antithetical to a free and open Internet, and it should be exposed for the totalitarian tactic it is.
In the meanwhile, apply it against the same people people who came up with the strategy. Fuck them.