[132553] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wikileaks unreachable
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Kirch)
Sun Nov 28 22:18:34 2010
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:18:18 -0500
From: Andrew Kirch <trelane@trelane.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <9FCF4212-0D76-4712-AF6C-EF48DA0DECFF@ianai.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 11/28/2010 6:11 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> 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.
Lets be clear here, I'm not encouraging DDoS, I'm enjoying the
possibility that someone will hopefully put a jacketed hollowpoint in
Assange.
Andrew