> Is it just me, or did the Feds actually do good by the citizens in > this case???? Now it's time for citizens to own a little responsibility > and get their shit cleaned up. Props to the FBI for setting up these > temp servers.
I believe they had good intentions to try and keep things working transparently in the background, yes, and that is the primary reason they've been delaying shutting them down. They recognized that if they didn't do something then more than half a million people (some in government departments) would swarm their respective help-desks with calls about the Internet being broken. Instead, they've tried to stem that tide and get the word out to correct your DNS settings if you're infected and the numbers still using those servers have steadily dropped, and it's time to pull the plug on the rest. On the other hand, the distrusting side of me knows that it would be a very simple matter to log all of those DNS requests (host requested, origin IP and a timestamp) which could be used to spy on what people are doing online to a degree (e.g. which domains you're visiting, when, and how often). Do I believe that is what's happening? No, but it's a possibility that can't be ignored. They did the right thing as long as their intentions are pure. The fact that they brought in an outside expert to implement the system is a testament to that to some degree. -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350230 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
