[59527] in North American Network Operators' Group
donotcall.gov - special interests vs the public interest
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roger Marquis)
Fri Jul 4 15:46:21 2003
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 12:45:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@trapdoor.merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20030704185053.697F491248@trapdoor.merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Tried the website again this morning (7/4) and got:
"We're sorry. The site is unavailable at the moment. Please
try again later."
Which is not surprising given the underlying technology:
# HEAD www.donotcall.gov
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Another busy government site using the least secure web server
software. You can imagine the backend. Their javascript is also
broken. It could be worse I suppose, if managed by the USPS...
The site and exceptions list are great examples of the level of
special interest influence in DC. Unfortunately, their influence
is also a roadblock to national security:
Bruce Schneier <http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0210.html#1>
Marcus Ranum <http://www.tisc2002.com/newsletters/414.html>
Anyone here familiar with the subcontractor list for DNC's Internet
servers?
--
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/
