Pakistan Removed from the Internet
Quite amusing, really. An ISP took government legislation literally, blocked access to YouTube by routing all of YouTube's IP requests to other sites it thought was more appropriate... and that means ALL IP addresses, worldwide. They collapsed under the sheer amount of traffic, bringing Pakistani internet access to a complete halt. The Pakistani government, whose legislation it was (apparently YouTube contains blasphemous content... oooh... scary), effectively DDoS'd Pakistan. Fucking owned, you might say. :rolleyes:
I'll quote the whole article, as it's quite short: Quote:
---------- Just thought I'd add a couple more things that I've heard: - The DDoS was done by one person -- apparently a very young engineer (late teens/early twenties) - It succeeded in stopping YouTube access for the whole world because the YouTube server bank is in one place -- if that goes down, the whole operation goes down, whereas with something like Google where the server banks are spread out and separate, if one goes down there are backups. - The fella has been offered a job by either Microsoft or Google (different people have told me different things. I'd put my money on it being Google). - Said fella is said to be considering the offer because he is now facing extremist threats (from the free speech lobbyists and whatnot). Amazing thing to have done. |
That's the funniest thing that I've ever heard. I read earlier about them Blocking YouTube for discracing Muhammed, which reminds me, I need to make that video..
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that reminds me of how the closed down the state of new jersey a while ago
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This makes me glad to be an American.
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We have just as many idiots as anywhere else in this world.
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That's fucking fantastic.
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Hahahahahaha.
XD :D XD XD XD Fuck! Oh God! HAHA!! Heheh.... Oh, man. Nice. |
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