exactly. This is pretty much my take on the situation also. On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Justin Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 > >
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