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Re: Megaupload.com seized
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Bellovin)
Thu Jan 19 21:10:21 2012
From: Steven Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
In-Reply-To: <E1Ro1eX-0003EY-E0@mailman.nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:09:31 -0500
To: james@smithwaysecurity.com
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jan 19, 2012, at 6:44 PM, james@smithwaysecurity.com wrote:
> You guys serous, when did the order come in to sezie the domain?
=
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/why-the-feds-smashed-megau=
pload.ars
has a good analysis; also see =
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB100014240529702046165045771710606119=
48408-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwOTExNDkyWj.html
(which seems to be outside their paywall).
What differentiates this from many of the earlier domain name seizures =
is that
this is based on a grand jury indictment, not just an administrative =
decision
by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It may be heavy-handed or =
questionable,
per the Ars Technica analysis, but as a matter of process it's about as =
good
as you'll get.
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> Sent from my HTC
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> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Ryan Gelobter" <ryan.g@atwgpc.net>
> To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>
> Subject: Megaupload.com seized
> Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2012 6:41 pm
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> The megaupload.com domain was seized today, has anyone noticed =
significant
> drops in network traffic as a result?
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> http://www.scribd.com/doc/78786408/Mega-Indictment
> =
http://techland.time.com/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-megaupload-com-file-sha=
ring-website/
--Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
