Day: December 21, 2010

Why .gov should stay out of DNS – DHS ‘evidence’ for DNS takedowns is a joke

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Not only was it prepared by a recent college graduate, agent Andrew Reynolds basically just listened to the MPAA – who have a vested and misinformed agenda. This takedown is a horrible joke gone wrong: no one seems to have any idea of how technology, or indeed just surfing the internet, works, but they have Read more about Why .gov should stay out of DNS – DHS ‘evidence’ for DNS takedowns is a joke[…]

D0z.me — the Evil URL Shortener

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Posing as a legitimate URL shortening service, it serves users the requested pages in an iFrame, while simultaneously participating in a DDoS attack in the background. No interaction is required beyond clicking the link and staying on the page. This makes it relatively trivial to quickly mount large-scale DDoS attacks, and affords willing participants plausible Read more about D0z.me — the Evil URL Shortener[…]