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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Are you elaborate on what this bot file or STB file is? How is it that the CRTC is using it for leverage on behalf of the telcos? That makes sense that Rogers Sportnet is also in the position of soon to be the largest wireline provider in Canada thus enabling this to be an easy change. Does that mean the court order is really just the legal permission for the providers to start obstructing the free flow of information and net neutrality in their favor?
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The "Bot File" is under an extreme NDA. People can disclose its existence, but cannot disclose the contents. Some people will .... say more than others, but not much.
The background to this is found in what is known as the "Compliance and Enforcement and Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2021-9" and can be found here:
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2021/2021-9.htm
Its informal title: Call for comments - Development of a network-level blocking framework to limit botnet traffic and strengthen Canadians’ online safety
Public (mostly) documents can be found here:
https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/List...=a&PT=nc&PST=a
The others....can be found here:
"Redacted"
Most of the interesting stuff is buried (apparently) in the redacted documents, which aren't even published, just libraried. Technical details, IPs of known sites etc are in there (as they are now in the Court records, also redacted).