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Re: Prolexic Says it was Wrongly Charged
From: "Eduardo Tongson" <propolice () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:09:01 +0800
On 11/18/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sounds like a bum rap to me. :-) Via WHIR News. [snip] Distributed denial of service protection solutions provider Prolexic Technologies says it was wrongly accused of hosting gambling Web sites when New York authorities broke up an online betting ring on Thursday, according to reports. Police issued a 33-count indictment regarding an illegal Internet gambling ring and Prolexic was identified by a traceroute as the Web hosting provider for an Internet sports book. However, Prolexic says it is being wrongly accused, and was not involved in hosting the gambling operation. The company says its proxy service makes it appear, through a traceroute, as though Prolexic is the host of the site. [snip] More: http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/111706_Web_Host_Says_it_was_Wrongly_Char ged.cfm - - ferg
Isn't it obvious that they are providing services to the gambling ring. In this case, anybody know the ramifications and significant differences of providing DDOS mitigation services and directly providing hosting services? - ed _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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