Posted on 12/03/2010 12:03:08 AM PST by bd476
EveryDNS.net
EveryDNS.net Status
All systems are functioning normally.
EveryDNS.net provided domain name system (DNS) services to the wikileaks.org domain name until 10PM EST, December 2, 2010, when such services were terminated. As with other users of the EveryDNS.net network, this service was provided for free. The termination of services was effected pursuant to, and in accordance with, the EveryDNS.net Acceptable Use Policy.
More specifically, the services were terminated for violation of the provision which states that "Member shall not interfere with another Member's use and enjoyment of the Service or another entity's use and enjoyment of similar services." The interference at issues arises from the fact that wikileaks.org has become the target of multiple distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks. These attacks have, and future attacks would, threaten the stability of the EveryDNS.net infrastructure, which enables access to almost 500,000 other websites.
Thus, last night, at approximately 10PM EST, December 1, 2010 a 24 hour termination notification email was sent to the email address associated with the wikileaks.org account.
In addition to this email, notices were sent to Wikileaks via Twitter and the chat function available through the wikileaks.org website. Any downtime of the wikileaks.org website has resulted from its failure to use another hosted DNS service provider.
Amazon Web Services
There have been reports that a government inquiry prompted us not to serve WikiLeaks any longer. That is inaccurate.
There have also been reports that it was prompted by massive DDOS attacks. That too is inaccurate. There were indeed large-scale DDOS attacks, but they were successfully defended against.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) rents computer infrastructure on a self-service basis. AWS does not pre-screen its customers, but it does have terms of service that must be followed.
WikiLeaks was not following them. There were several parts they were violating. For example, our terms of service state that “you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content… that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity.”
It’s clear that WikiLeaks doesn’t own or otherwise control all the rights to this classified content. Further, it is not credible that the extraordinary volume of 250,000 classified documents that WikiLeaks is publishing could have been carefully redacted in such a way as to ensure that they weren’t putting innocent people in jeopardy.
Human rights organizations have in fact written to WikiLeaks asking them to exercise caution and not release the names or identities of human rights defenders who might be persecuted by their governments.
We’ve been running AWS for over four years and have hundreds of thousands of customers storing all kinds of data on AWS. Some of this data is controversial, and that’s perfectly fine. But, when companies or people go about securing and storing large quantities of data that isn’t rightfully theirs, and publishing this data without ensuring it won’t injure others, it’s a violation of our terms of service, and folks need to go operate elsewhere.
We look forward to continuing to serve our AWS customers and are excited about several new things we have coming your way in the next few months.
— Amazon Web Services
>> Amazon Explains Why They Ousted WikiLeaks
Amazon deserves the “Dumbest Corporation of the Year” award.
Daniel Ellsberg is very unhappy about Amazon and has called for a boycott. For some reason his creepy little antiwar site doesn't want anything from their site posted here.
Hooray!!
Well, most corporations are dumb, mendacious and malevolent to boot. As a rule, if you see someone with the title CEO, you can bet that if he were to hang himself from a corporate lamppost, it would drive his company productivity and health up by several per cent.
In other news, parts of the hacker community has now demonstrated that they are free to take down any domain. Want to bet when sites like FR will follow?
How about plain old “treason” being the reason.
Why do you support WikiLeaks??
Yes, the soldier who stole the information and passed it to one of Soros' puppets committed high treason against our country.
While Julian Assange isn't a citizen of the USA, there are outstanding sexual molestation/rape charges against him in Sweden. Assange has committed espionage against many countries. It looks like time will be the deciding factor as to which country gets to prosecute him first.
Yikes Hardraade, hate capitalism much? Looks like you came in the wrong door.
I don't bet.
However you sound eager to expedite your hacker friends' illegal activity.
LOL! Cute!
I’d almost rather hear Sleepwalk.
As long as the steel guitar player is good, that would also be cool.
is it possible to connect
to a website using its
4 number internet address?
>> Why do you support WikiLeaks??
Why do you ask bogus questions?
Far out, a game player. Dude, you are the very description of bogus, that or you've been up too long, need sleep, or something along those lines.
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To: bd476
>> Amazon Explains Why They Ousted WikiLeaks Amazon deserves the “Dumbest Corporation of the Year” award. 2 posted on 12/03/2010 12:07:34 AM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Gene Eric
Gene Eric wrote: ">> Amazon Explains Why They Ousted WikiLeaks Amazon deserves the “Dumbest Corporation of the Year” award."
Why do you support WikiLeaks?? |
Now, you’re messing with my head, man. It’s like a question in a question...
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