So after the big clusterf*** with easyDNS being falsely blamed for taking down wikileaks, somebody posts the inevitable question “Would easyDNS take wikileaks DNS“? and from there makes what I think is a dubious extension: by NOT taking them we’re doing the same thing as “taking them down”. What I find dubious about all this […]
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Wikileaks “takedown” fiasco underscores pathetic state of internet “journalism”
[ Updated Dec 4 and Dec 7, see “Further Reading” section at end of post] I’ve commented before that I’m amazed at how fast bad information travels on the internet, but this morning it got pretty ridiculous. Looks like wikileaks was the subject of a DOS attack last night, and their DNS provider who was […]
WikiLeaks….NOT an easyDNS domain…everyDNS: NOT easyDNS
Woke up this morning to some upset comments on the blog calling us out for “terminating Wikileaks DNS” and politicizing domains. A quick google search shows some articles spreading, obviously written by half wit drones with no simple fact-checking abilities at all (hello, whois lookup anybody?) including the line “But the biggest damage to WikiLeaks […]
First they came for the file-sharing domains…
[easyDNS did not terminate wikileaks DNS, that was everyDNS. See this ] (Background: as you may or may not be aware, earlier in the year the US Department of Homeland Security began seizing domain names of various filesharing websites. Suddenly the agency tasked with protecting the United States from further terrorist attacks was now seizing […]
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We’re looking for a web applications developer. If you or somebody you know is interested, please have a look at the job description. This is for our office here in Toronto, however we are not opposed to remote work for the right candidate. Such a person would have to have a proven track record of […]
Network issue – [resolved]
We recently experienced a network issue with one of our upstream providers at one of our co-location facilities. This issue was limited to just under an hour, during which time our sysAdmins worked with our upstream provider to determine the cause, and implement a fix. All affected systems are currently accessible and operating normally. During […]
