Comments on: DIA Report on Internet Filter Test http://thomasbeagle.net/2009/10/04/dia-filter-testing-report/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:16:55 +1200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: thomas http://thomasbeagle.net/2009/10/04/dia-filter-testing-report/comment-page-1/#comment-16341 thomas Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:03:54 +0000 http://thomasbeagle.net/?p=394#comment-16341 Matt - I kind of assume that they'll be buying more hardware for going live. Jason - I guess you're right that testing could account for some of it. Matt – I kind of assume that they’ll be buying more hardware for going live.

Jason – I guess you’re right that testing could account for some of it.

]]> By: Jason http://thomasbeagle.net/2009/10/04/dia-filter-testing-report/comment-page-1/#comment-16169 Jason Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:37:50 +0000 http://thomasbeagle.net/?p=394#comment-16169 Usually, it indicates that there are individuals testing the service. With smaller numbers of customers, these individuals will have a larger impact. Another possible reason: Let's say that there are 10k blocked addresses. Each ISP (or the DIA itself) as part of the trial is likely to test each of the addresses to see if the filter works. Each ISP will perform this test. However, the test only needs to be done once per ISP, meaning as larger ISPs come online, the impact of the test on the statistics will reduce. Even if only to test the latency differences to filtered vs semi-filtered vs non-filtered. Usually, it indicates that there are individuals testing the service. With smaller numbers of customers, these individuals will have a larger impact.

Another possible reason:

Let’s say that there are 10k blocked addresses. Each ISP (or the DIA itself) as part of the trial is likely to test each of the addresses to see if the filter works. Each ISP will perform this test. However, the test only needs to be done once per ISP, meaning as larger ISPs come online, the impact of the test on the statistics will reduce. Even if only to test the latency differences to filtered vs semi-filtered vs non-filtered.

]]> By: Matt http://thomasbeagle.net/2009/10/04/dia-filter-testing-report/comment-page-1/#comment-16168 Matt Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:33:09 +0000 http://thomasbeagle.net/?p=394#comment-16168 So, in summary, it's already nearing capacity in testing, and it's filtering 39.9 million requests per month that don't need blocking. This, on top of the fact that it doesn't stop any of the real traffic anyway. Smells like success to me :(. So, in summary, it’s already nearing capacity in testing, and it’s filtering 39.9 million requests per month that don’t need blocking. This, on top of the fact that it doesn’t stop any of the real traffic anyway. Smells like success to me :(.

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