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On 2/20/11, Bruce Majors <majors.bruce@gmail.com> wrote:
> *U.S. Government Accidentally Abuses Internet "Kill Switch", Shuts off
> 84,000 Sites*
> **
> Jason Mick <http://www.dailytech.com/ContactStaff.aspx?id=97>
> (Blog)<http://www.dailytech.com/blogs/~jasonmick>- February
> 17, 2011 10:53 AM
>
> Government believed the sites contained child pornography, but they did not
>
> In evidence of the dangers of the U.S. government's increasing "kill switch"
> powers<http://www.dailytech.com/New+Bill+Would+Give+US+President+Power+to+Kill+Some+or+All+of+the+Internet/article18840.htm>
> regarding web servers inside the U.S., the Department of Justice and
> Homeland Security's ICE last week essentially shut down 84,000 sites in a
> case of mistaken identity.
>
> The shutdowns targeted mooo.com, the most popular shared domain at free web
> service provider FreeDNS. FreeDNS is a free domain service that is
> immensely popular among file sharers, blogs, small businesses, and other
> independent operators. Its homepage is
> afraid.org<http://freedns.afraid.org/>
> .
>
> With the mooo.com shutdown last Friday, the ICE accidentally shut down
> 84,000 subdomain pages. The pages were all redirected to a banner that
> stated "Advertisement, distribution, transportation, receipt, and possession
> of child pornography constitute federal crimes that carry penalties for
> first time offenders of up to 30 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine,
> forfeiture and restitution."
>
> The court order to shut down and redirect the sites was granted via a
> seizure warrant from a District Court. The warrant was executed as part of
> the DHS ICE team's "Operation Save Our
> Children<http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1297804574965.shtm>
> ".
>
> The key problem is that none of the sites thus identified under the
> mooo.comsuperdomain had child porn on them. They appear to have been
> the victim of
> an overzealous government police force with a bit too much power on its
> hands.
>
> FreeDNS has expressed outrage. In a
> statement<http://freedns.afraid.org/news/>,
> they comment, "Freedns.afraid.org has never allowed this type of abuse of
> its DNS service. We are working to get the issue sorted as quickly as
> possible."
>
> Over the weekend they managed to begin restoring some of the pages.
> Meanwhile small business owners were left to try to reassure customers that
> they were note engaging in illegal activity [source
> example<http://stop-error.xanga.com/741136585/from-the-blithering-idiots-department/>
> ].
>
> The DHS is actually bragging about the takedowns citing 10 child porn sites
> that were taken offline, but conveniently forgetting to mention the 84,000
> legitimate sites it also killed. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet
> Napolitano states [press
> release<http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1297804574965.shtm>
> ]:
> <!--[endif]-->
>
> *Each year, far too many children fall prey to sexual predators and all too
> often, these heinous acts are recorded in photos and on video and released
> on the Internet...DHS is committed to working with our law enforcement
> partners to shut down websites that promote child pornography to protect
> these children from further victimization.*
>
> The DHS has not yet released an official statement on the abuse of power.
> It also has yet to comment on whether it plans to compensate webpage owners
> for lost business or damage to their websites.
>
> Website owners can still replicate the redirect by adding "74.81.170.110
> mooo.com" to their hosts file.
>
> Sources: DailyTech
> http://www.dailytech.com/US+Government+Accidentally+Abuses+Internet+Kill+Switch+Shuts+off+84000+Sites/article20934.htm
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