Re: Cyberattack from the Pakistani government?

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Oh lordy.  PC comes to funsec.

So a government order blocking an entire Web site isn't a cyberattack?  If
some criminal-types from Russia DoSed YouTube it would be front page news.

I also wonder why YouTube agreed with the Pakistani government order and
removed the video so that no one can see it *anywhere*.  (Of course, YouTube
routinely censors videos all the time for a variety of reasons.)

Richard

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From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:fergdawg () netzero net] 
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:40 AM
To: rms () computerbytesman com
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Cyberattack from the Pakistani government?

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The subject line of this message is clearly inflammatory and based
on wild supposition.

Do not attribute to malice what can be explained by ignorance.

All evidence points to a genuine mistake prompted by an edict to
block YouTube:

http://www.renesys.com/blog/2008/02/pakistan_hijacks_youtube_1.shtml

- - ferg

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