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Air America CEO, Mark Walsh, slanders Free Republic
C-SPAN ^ | 4/26/04 | Mark Walsh

Posted on 04/27/2004 3:40:21 AM PDT by dwills

During a Monday program in DC televised on C-SPAN, Mark Walsh stated that 'Freepers', patrons of the right-wing website FreeRepublic.com, committed DNS attacks against Air America's website in order to disrupt their operations.


TOPICS: Extended News; Free Republic; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airamerica; cspan; deadair; dns; freepers; freerepublic; liberaltalkradio; loser; markwalsh; slander; waaaaaaa
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To: Izzy Dunne
And it would seem to me, that since FR went down not to long ago precisely because someone filed a complaint with FR's internet registrar about an invalid phone number in their whois listing, FR is actually the one who was subject to a DNS attack (if that's what you want to call it).

Anyone trying to find the site by going to www.freerepublic.com would not get there. I have no reason to believe it wasn't someone from the leftist camp who reported the invalid phone number and shut down FR's DNS service for two days.

21 posted on 04/27/2004 3:52:02 AM PDT by tdadams (If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)
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To: dwills
Well, if he wants alot of hits to their website, making a public announcement such as this should do it.

Since when did they have any problems with their website?

Holey crap!?! I'm looking at their website, and what on earth is up with these pictures? Gagarofalo dyed her hair blond...it's as if the photographer said, "ok, gimme your best stupid face!".

The O'Franken Factor- "Drug-Free Radio" huh?
22 posted on 04/27/2004 3:52:13 AM PDT by visualops
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To: dwills
"patrons of the right-wing website FreeRepublic.com, committed DNS attacks against Air America's website in order to disrupt their operations."

What website? Who is Mark Walsh? Since when did conservative equal right wing? What is "right wing" anyway?These people are nuts, but I love it that they are concerned about us.
23 posted on 04/27/2004 3:52:44 AM PDT by Bahbah
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To: dwills
Who is Mark Walsh? Some self important Clymer?

Most of us who went to his site did so out of curiosity, to hear the show on the first day. Any problems later on can be blamed on his paying big bucks for amateurs. It's not our fault that he went small time with the servers. Or did he actually think nobody would tune in? Of course he probably went big time on price he paid, or at least that's what he's telling his investors.
24 posted on 04/27/2004 3:54:06 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Proud member of the right wing extremist Neanderthals.)
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To: dwills
I saw some of this on the re-play this morning.

I missed the part about FR.

About when was this said?
25 posted on 04/27/2004 3:54:13 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: dwills
Why would we waste our time with that panty-waste operation? Sounds like someone is getting paranoid.
26 posted on 04/27/2004 3:54:16 AM PDT by Maigrey (I want the new crayola crayon: Piggy in Puce (also known as Electric Tomato Soup))
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To: tdadams
there have been some problems reaching MANY web sites over the last three weeks because of "Core Router" issues that have seemed to have been resolved...maybe that's what happened. What a wretch! FReepers son't have that much time on their hands (working, ya know...).
27 posted on 04/27/2004 3:55:07 AM PDT by bitt
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To: dwills
It is better to be feared, than loved.
28 posted on 04/27/2004 3:55:30 AM PDT by Leisler (Everything is forbidden except when expressly permitted.)
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To: Jim Robinson
As the founder of my law school's Federalist Society chapter a decade and-a-half ago, it's disheartening to see some of the few remaining vessels of enlightened debate become marginalized by media elites.

Some may think this charge is not worthy of defense, considering the source, but you should have it reviewed by a friendly lawyer whom you would consider engaging to pursue the matter. I think it was made in a very broad and indefensible manner, but I'm no specialist and this is not a legal opinion.

Just a tip. I've already done my pro bono this year.
29 posted on 04/27/2004 3:56:54 AM PDT by dwills
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To: hellinahandcart
No, he means DNS, which is a different kind of attack. DNS attack uses a "friendly" IP address to fool firewalled machines into allowing a network connection (to put it very simply). DNS attacks can be launched like DOS attacks in the sense you use an unwitting accomplice with a compromised machine.

There's a good explaination of a particular attack at this page-
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/sip/news/dns-scenario.html
30 posted on 04/27/2004 3:57:44 AM PDT by visualops
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To: dwills
what website???

This was all I found

31 posted on 04/27/2004 3:58:42 AM PDT by TxBec (Tag! You're it!)
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To: John W
Air America has a website?

I think it might have crashed in a couple of large venues.

32 posted on 04/27/2004 3:58:57 AM PDT by stevem
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To: dwills
Didn't you all get your instruction packet on how to do a DNS attack?

It was in the same packet with the decoder ring and secret handshake instructions.

33 posted on 04/27/2004 4:01:10 AM PDT by Republican Red ("I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,")
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To: hellinahandcart
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA that woke me up right! LOL
35 posted on 04/27/2004 4:01:22 AM PDT by cyborg
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To: Maigrey
Why would we waste our time with that panty-waste operation?

Normally, I'd correct your misspelling pf "panty-waist", but your version is so much more appropriate in this case...

36 posted on 04/27/2004 4:01:27 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: dwills; Jim Robinson
I'm not a lawyer but I don't know how you slander a website? Jim Robinson or other identified individuals, but not a website.
38 posted on 04/27/2004 4:02:57 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: dwills
There's some mistake here. You go to "airamerica" dot com, you get paintballs, not meatballs.

airamerica

39 posted on 04/27/2004 4:03:35 AM PDT by T'wit (Putt knot yore trussed inn spill chequers!)
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To: T'wit
LOL, if your reaLLY WANT TO GO THERE
http://www.airamericaradio.com/
40 posted on 04/27/2004 4:04:37 AM PDT by bitt
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