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The reason why the ISPA did not like DoH is because UK law said they had to block/filter traffic. Per court order, a UK ISP would be obliged to block things, and if DNS was no longer an option, they would potentially start having to do IP blocking and BGP sink holing (PDF warning):

* https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/packages/ids-2019/...

That law now seems to be dead, which may reduce their worries on the matter:

* https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/uk-government-ab...

While I'm sure the ISP techs may have had some misgivings about DoH (plenty of tech-mind folks like Paul Vixie do), the strong response from the ISPA may have been guided by the lawyers.



It seems to me that UK ISPs might have more luck trying to modify the behavior of the UK government than the behavior of American tech corporations.




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