Re: [ga] censorship among root servers

["John Palmer" <jpalmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Joe Baptista 
>  To: Andrew McMeikan 
>  Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Rod Beckstrom ; Rod Beckstrom 
>  Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 11:18 AM
>  Subject: Re: [ga] censorship among root servers
>
>
>  I was wondering how long this would take to make the rounds. This is a 
> serious issue. See RFC 2826 http://bit.ly/drkKN8
>
>
  ...

>  Folks - please remember the servers may have been hijacked. ICANN and China 
> may not have been involved. It's easy to hijack IP numbers. I know some 
> people over in Amsterdam who hijack IP. It's happened to me.

No it didn't Joe - Herman owns those shares outright. He has every right to use 
them.


>  And I hate to rub everyones nose in it - but if this in fact did happen and 
> facebook users were redirected - then it proves my point. To be secure one 
> should operate their own root servers. 


Or use WorldRoot - http://worldroot.net.

Cheers,
John P