[132537] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wikileaks unreachable
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Sun Nov 28 18:12:11 2010
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <4CF2CDB1.8080007@trelane.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:11:57 -0500
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Nov 28, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Andrew Kirch wrote:
> On 11/28/2010 4:34 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
>> anyone know why https://www.wikileaks.org/ is not reachable? nations
>> state level censors trying to close the barn door after the horse has
>> left?
> Good riddance. The sooner someone gives Julian Assange 230gr of shut
> the f*** up, the better.
I find it distressing when Network Operators are willing to encourage =
DDoS'ing of a site. Any site. Especially on an operational list, where =
politics are specifically prohibited.
You don't like Wikileaks, that's between you & Julian. A DDoS affects =
the infrastructure of multiple networks, users, other websites, etc., =
etc. Most people who read the last sentence thought to themselves that =
is beyond obvious. It is a shame you do not understand it.
Put another way, perhaps you should take your own 230gr.
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
