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11-30-2010, 08:34 PM #1Retired Moderator
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Wikileaks moves to Amazon's cloud to evade massive DDoS
Wikileaks was briefly taken down by a large-scale DDoS attack that bombarded the site's servers. It is back up after migrating to Amazon's cloud.
I thought this was interesting.
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11-30-2010, 11:51 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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interesting.. AFAIK, they were in a french hosting for a while
edit: weird thing is that the cablegate link does not load .
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12-01-2010, 12:25 AM #3Always Ask...Don't Pretend!
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12-01-2010, 12:32 AM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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They were in The Planet
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12-01-2010, 12:57 AM #5Randy
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They've been bouncing around on Amazon (San Jose apparently) for close to a week..
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12-01-2010, 01:02 AM #6Always Ask...Don't Pretend!
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Will you accept WikiLeaks subscription?
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Will you accept their subscription? and why?█ Ask for Server IP & Nameservers IP to check if your reseller provider truly provides 100% white-label.
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12-01-2010, 02:19 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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12-01-2010, 11:42 AM #8Retired Moderator
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12-01-2010, 11:49 AM #9Web Hosting Master
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12-01-2010, 11:58 AM #10Always Ask...Don't Pretend!
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12-01-2010, 12:02 PM #11Web Hosting Evangelist
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Personally, I'm not buying the whole Wikileaks thing tbh.
I see it as a way the US government can tell then world what they really think of everyone and where they stand.
All the information thats been leaked so far has posed no serious real threats and the media is simply focussing on key parts of information purely for hype purposes.
77 domains were pulled by homeland security this week related to warez/counterfeit goods. Wikileaks doesnt get pulled when using Amazon networks, mirroring on US soil, etc...
It seems a little too convenient imho.
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12-01-2010, 12:59 PM #12Retired Moderator
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Fair enough but every country has secrets. Some are more important than others but some affect negotiations like diplomatic documents. We are all slaves to our egos from time to time and the wrong internal discussion getting out can be taken out of context.
The 77 domains pulled deserved it. You can only enable illegal file sharing for so long before someone does something about it. Or are you questioning if the sites were doing something wrong?CloudNexus Technology Services
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12-01-2010, 01:01 PM #13Retired Moderator
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By the way, why would wikileaks move to a US hosting company given that the country most pissed at them is the US?
I don't get that thinking. Anywhere else would seem to be better. I imagine someone is checking local US laws to figure out if they can now do something about it.CloudNexus Technology Services
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12-01-2010, 01:10 PM #14Always Ask...Don't Pretend!
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12-01-2010, 01:23 PM #15Disabled
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Here's another view:
Surely, the documents released via Wikileaks are good material and attract the attention of various terrorist organizations. Not only that, certain documents will be redistributed and talked about via the internet.
These documents contain information which is not contained any where else on the internet.
What does this mean?
You have a very unique data set to filter traffic for, and see who's actually talking about the data on US Soil (and surely beyond). This means you can pinpoint intel gathering efforts of any US Based terrorist cell, and possibly acquire enough information to locate the whereabouts of such a cell.
Is the US Government supporting this de-classified document distribution? I don't believe so, but they sure as hell aren't doing anything yet to stop it!
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12-02-2010, 04:14 PM #16Web Hosting Guru
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Surprise, surprise.
Amazon kicked Wikileaks off EC2:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/...ed-From-Amazon
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12-02-2010, 11:34 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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12-02-2010, 11:55 PM #18Disabled
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Heh, I found this extremely funny.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12...est_confusion/
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12-03-2010, 01:38 AM #19Retired Moderator
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Their official response to this:
http://aws.amazon.com/message/65348/
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12-03-2010, 01:48 AM #20Junior Guru Wannabe
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Wow, the guys is so busy finding a host. all these news make them more popular and make people more curious .
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12-03-2010, 01:50 AM #21Junior Guru Wannabe
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wikileak domain killed by US
http://twitter.com/wikileaks
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12-03-2010, 01:56 AM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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I think soon they are going to kill their twitter and facebook account as well . Aren't they all based in US
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