Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Gabriel Rocha wrote: I just checked out http://www.aljazeera.net/ and there is a big red US flag on the front, courtesy of the Freedom Cyber Force Militia... well, perhaps aljazeera needs better network people... It's definitly being jammed in Wisconsin - I get the error:

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:46 AM 3/28/03 +1200, Peter Gutmann wrote: It's a cool toy, but I can't see someone using a $1M e-bomb when a $1000 Mk.82 will do the same thing, especially if there's any chance it'll be captured intact by an enemy who can... hmm, there's a thought: Oh dear! Peter, these are *free* to the

Regarding linear recurrences.

2003-03-27 Thread Sarad AV
hi, Need help on understanding the following marix multiplication. let _ denote subscript. w=32 bits(0 to 31) let X be a 32 bit vector X={X_(w -1),x_(w-2),..x_0} A= |1 0 . .| |0 .| |. . | |. .| |a_(w-1)

Re: Regarding linear recurrences.

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Sarad AV wrote: let X be a 32 bit vector X={X_(w -1),x_(w-2),..x_0} These are the coefficients of a polynomial, and all the values are in the set {0,1}. A= |1 0 . .| |0 .| |. . | |. .|

Red flags over America

2003-03-27 Thread Tim May
On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 05:23 AM, Gabriel Rocha wrote: I just checked out http://www.aljazeera.net/ and there is a big red US flag on the front, courtesy of the Freedom Cyber Force Militia... well, perhaps aljazeera needs better network people... A big red US flag is, of course,

Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:36 PM 3/26/03 -0800, Sarad AV wrote: there is a lot of self [fnord] imposed sensor ship in US on the war.The Us pows's shown on al-jazeera were not broadcasted over Us and those sites which had pictures of POW's were removed as unethical graphics on web pages. We should be faxing these

Re: Things are looking better all the time

2003-03-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:09 PM 3/26/03 -0600, Neil Johnson wrote: In a news conference on Tuesday, some general claimed they had located and taken out six sites where GPS jammers were being used. He claimed one site had been taken out with a GPS guided weapon. Kind of Ironic I beleive he said. Well, the

Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread David Howe
at Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:36 AM, Sarad AV [EMAIL PROTECTED] was seen to say: there is a lot of self imposed sensor ship in US on the war.The Us pows's shown on al-jazeera were not broadcasted over Us and those sites which had pictures of POW's were removed as unethical graphics on web

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Trei, Peter
Gabriel Rocha[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Mar 27, at 06:33AM, Mike Rosing wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ host www.aljazeera.net www.aljazeera.net has address 216.34.94.186 This is from the US, fyi. It also works (and even resolves to the same thing :) from other

Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Gabriel Rocha
I just checked out http://www.aljazeera.net/ and there is a big red US flag on the front, courtesy of the Freedom Cyber Force Militia... well, perhaps aljazeera needs better network people...

Re: Things are looking better all the time [TERROR ALERT: Cerenkov Blue]

2003-03-27 Thread Tim May
On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 08:41 AM, John Kelsey wrote: At 08:28 AM 3/26/03 -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 06:12 PM 3/25/03 -0500, John Kelsey wrote: ... Maybe the FBI caught them and disarmed the bombs before they went off. And they didn't claim any credit? This doesn't jibe with

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Vincent Penquerc'h
This is from the US, fyi. It also works (and even resolves to the same thing :) from other hosts outside the US) Yup, I get it from the UK, though I didn't get it two and three days ago. URLs are all in English, though this may be normal. BTW, does anyone know about www.aljezeerah.info ? I've

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Vincent Penquerc'h wrote: Yup, I get it from the UK, though I didn't get it two and three days ago. URLs are all in English, though this may be normal. BTW, does anyone know about www.aljezeerah.info ? I've been getting my news from there since the start of the war, but

Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, 'Gabriel Rocha' wrote: Gotta contact exodus to find out whom they have alocated that subnet block... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ whois -h whois.arin.net 216.34.94.186 [whois.arin.net] I can run that via telnet to my isp, and get the same response (good!) OrgName:Cable

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Trei, Peter wrote: Gabriel Rocha[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Mar 27, at 06:33AM, Mike Rosing wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ host www.aljazeera.net www.aljazeera.net has address 216.34.94.186 This is from the US, fyi. It also works (and even

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Sunder
Thanks. One thing you should know - if you visit it, ip alone won't work. Add it to your hosts file as 207.150.192.12 www.aljazeerah.info (no quotes, on a line by itself) as the site wants host header names and the ip isn't enough. in unix it's /etc/hosts, in w2k it's

Re: aljazeera.net hacked again?

2003-03-27 Thread Thomas Shaddack
I don't think it matters what we do, check this out: http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/26/HNjazeera_1.html They can down one server pretty easily. They can't down a hundred of servers so swiftly. Besides, if the problem is in DNS, we can employ the hosts file and set up the DNS record

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Vincent Penquerc'h
Connecting to www.aljazeera.net[216.34.94.186]:80... failed: Attempt to connect timed out without establishing a connection. Retrying. I get it again now, but... Strangely, Opera does reach it fast and all (though I suspect it's hitting a mirror though I explicitely refresh) but wget

Re: aljazeera.net hacked again?

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
I don't think it matters what we do, check this out: http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/26/HNjazeera_1.html This really is infowar, and I suspect the US government is the hacker. Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Thomas Shaddack wrote: It's definitly jammed in

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
www.aljazeerah.info.3322IN A 207.150.192.12 On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Sunder wrote: Got an ip for .info? I can't resolve that from here.

Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Jamie Lawrence
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Vincent Penquerc'h wrote: Is it jammed world wide? You're in COW too. Any one from .nl or .de or .fr who can pick it up still? Still, www.aljazeerah.info is still accessible if you're feeling so inclined. Odd though that the Arabic side is down but this one stays

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Sunder
There's no such thing as being jammed (flooded) in the US only or worldwide. Either it's being blocked by packet filters, or it's being flooded with too much traffic. If anyone sees a different traceroute - one that doesn't go through cw, then you may still be able to get to the site.

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Sunder
Got an ip for .info? I can't resolve that from here. --Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--- + ^ + :NSA got $20Bil/year |Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :and didn't stop 9-11|share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\ --*--:Instead of

Brit reporting

2003-03-27 Thread stuart
I've been enjoying Robert Fisk's reporting from Baghdad in UK's Independent, but Brian Whitaker's daily briefing in the Guardian sometimes has wonderful gems you'd never see in American press: Centcom's increasingly fraught press briefings in Qatar seem designed to provide junk news for the

Under cover of war ...

2003-03-27 Thread Pete Capelli
State legislatures pass all kids of authoritarian measures ... http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20030327/1028333.asp When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty --- Thomas Jefferson

Re: aljazeera.net hacked again?

2003-03-27 Thread Steve Schear
At 07:53 PM 3/27/2003 +0100, you wrote: It's definitly jammed in the US. I get 503 - out of resources error. Maybe you guys can set up a mirror that isn't jammed and the US can see it that way (at least until the feds catch wind of it). At this moment, http://english.aljazeera.net/ shows some

For Rent: One Principality. Prince Not Included.

2003-03-27 Thread R. A. Hettinga
http://nytimes.com/2003/03/25/international/europe/25LIEC.html?pagewanted=printposition=top The New York Times March 25, 2003 For Rent: One Principality. Prince Not Included. By SARAH LYALL VADUZ, Liechtenstein It seems patently absurd to Sigvard Wohlwend that the entire country of

aljazeera.net blocking

2003-03-27 Thread Eric Murray
Getting a 503 or any HTTP error means that you are getting through to something that is too busy. An HTTP error jibes with the usual result of a web site hack that takes down the server. But it also could be a result of too many connection attempts. Not being able to resolve the name indicates

Not that there's any doubt...

2003-03-27 Thread Sunder
but... http://boingboing.net/2003_03_01_archive.html#200055331 Jon Stewart on Halliburton's Iraq contract Jon Stewart -- who appears to be doing the best reportage on the air these days -- reports that the multimillion dollar contract to douse the Iraqi oilfires has awarded with no bid to

Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Sunder
For the little that I get, this is what I get out of a traceroute: 11 acr2-loopback.Seattle.cw.net (208.172.82.62) 79.920 ms 74.381 ms 88.037 ms 12 bhr2-pos-0-0.Tukwilase2.cw.net (208.172.81.222) 79.107 ms 83.846 ms 91.354 ms 13 * csr11-ve243.Tukwilase2.cw.net (216.34.64.147) 73.553 ms

Re: aljazeera.net hacked again?

2003-03-27 Thread Sunder
Here's what's up: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29984.html Al Jazeera's web site - DDoSed or unplugged? By John Lettice Posted: 27/03/2003 at 16:17 GMT The launch of Arab satellite TV network Al Jazeera's new Web site on Monday drew immediate hack attacks, but this has been swiftly

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Vincent Penquerc'h
If anyone sees a different traceroute - one that doesn't go through cw, then you may still be able to get to the site. Otherwise, it's got a single connection, and that's down. Goes through, but beyond, it seems, from the UK. $ tracert www.aljazeera.net Tracing route to www.aljazeera.net

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Vincent Penquerc'h
It's definitly jammed in the US. I get 503 - out of resources error. Maybe you guys can set up a mirror that isn't jammed and the US can see it that way (at least until the feds catch wind of it). Well, too late anyway, it seems... --17:37:47-- http://www.aljazeera.net/ =

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Vincent Penquerc'h
This is the placeholder for domain aljazeera.info. If you see Yes, try with a h at the end. -- Vincent Penquerc'h

Re: aljazeera.net blocking

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
Here's some more info for ya to work with: --forwarded message Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:31:17 -0500 (EST) From: GNOC Provide - IP Address Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mike Rosing [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Error resolving global address. Mike, This is Exodus legacy

Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Pete Mannix
It may have been replaced, but earlier this morning when I heard it was hacked, I pulled it up and it had been replaced with an american flag redirecting the user to http://members.networld.com/freedom2003/index.sb and the message This broadcast was brought to you by: Freedom Cyber Force Militia

Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
I get that from www.aljazeera.ru. The cached pages on google come up with www.aljazeera.net not in the DNS, and the live pages go to the dotster. I did find a live feed that works, but it's in arabic :-( Also, the NYSE kicked al-jazeera reporters out of the exchange: Mar. 26, 2003. 01:00 AM

Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 1:32 AM +1200 on 3/28/03, Peter Gutmann wrote: It's also nothing like highly classified - google for flux compression generator. Not to be confused with a flux capacitor. hyuk! Cheers, RAH No matter where you go, there you are... -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Vincent Penquerc'h wrote: Still, www.aljazeerah.info is still accessible if you're feeling so inclined. Odd though that the Arabic side is down but this one stays up, if they're aiming for propaganda in their own countries, mostly English speaking but not much Arabic

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Vincent Penquerc'h
Is it jammed world wide? You're in COW too. Any one from .nl or .de or .fr who can pick it up still? Still, www.aljazeerah.info is still accessible if you're feeling so inclined. Odd though that the Arabic side is down but this one stays up, if they're aiming for propaganda in their own

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Vincent Penquerc'h
Got an ip for .info? I can't resolve that from here. 207.150.192.12 -- Vincent Penquerc'h

You just gotta love nepotism

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
Scanning aljazeerah.info I found this: A US delegation arrived in Amman in its way to Baghdad for ceasefire negotiations Abu Dhabi, Alittihad Daily, 3/26/2003 -- The UAE leading semi-official daily newspaper, Alittihad, reported today that a US government delegation has arrived in Amman, Jordan,

Re: aljazeera.net hacked again?

2003-03-27 Thread Thomas Shaddack
This really is infowar, and I suspect the US government is the hacker. I entirely forgot about another, already-existing, infrastructure: P2P networks! Freenet, Gnutella, Kazaa, WinMX, lots and lots of napsteroids. Get the files - images, webpages, whatever you have, package them into

Re: CDR: RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Damian Gerow
Mike Rosing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not a router guru, maybe somebody can explain these results: $ dig 216.34.94.186 ; DiG 9.2.0 216.34.94.186 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; -HEADER- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 2646 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1,

Re: aljazeera.net hacked again?

2003-03-27 Thread Harmon Seaver
Hmm, weird -- I just got 64.106.174.80 on a lookup for aljazeera.net, and the same for english.aljazeera.net, but now I'm getting nothing for both. So trying from another server in AL, I get the same IP and can also actually lynx to the site (which I couldn't do from here) but only get a 404

Re: [gulfwar-2] Al-Jazeera Calls... - strategy proposal (fwd)

2003-03-27 Thread Greg Broiles
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 01:45:03AM +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote: If someone manages to convince al-Jazeera editors to publish not only by upload to some server(s) but also by eg. emailing the updated files to several helpers who then either set up mirrors or put them to P2P networks (Freenet

Re: [gulfwar-2] Al-Jazeera Calls... - strategy proposal (fwd)

2003-03-27 Thread Bill Frantz
At 5:12 PM -0800 3/27/03, Greg Broiles wrote: Are they going to do it? Seems unlikely to me - ultimately they're not motivated by a desire to bring the truth to the world (or we wouldn't trust them), they're motivated by a desire to make money, probably by licensing their content to satellite

Re: Boycotting the Unwilling

2003-03-27 Thread Bill Stewart
- In 1977, Congress prohibited U.S. companies from cooperating with the Arab boycott. When President Carter signed the law, he said the issue goes to the very heart of free trade among nations and that it was designed to end the divisive effects on American life of foreign boycotts aimed at

Re: CDR: Re: aljazeera.net hacked again?

2003-03-27 Thread Jamie Lawrence
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Thomas Shaddack wrote: This really is infowar, and I suspect the US government is the hacker. I entirely forgot about another, already-existing, infrastructure: P2P networks! Freenet, Gnutella, Kazaa, WinMX, lots and lots of napsteroids. Get the files - images,

Re: Usenet as solution to Al-Jazeera jamming problem

2003-03-27 Thread Steve Schear
At 05:26 PM 3/27/2003 -0800, Tim May wrote: On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 04:45 PM, Thomas Shaddack wrote: Couple ideas. I am interested in peer reviews. :) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:43:11 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [gulfwar-2] Al-Jazeera Calls... -

Re: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-27 Thread Bill Frantz
At 6:59 AM -0800 3/27/03, Gabriel Rocha wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, at 06:33AM, Mike Rosing wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ host www.aljazeera.net www.aljazeera.net has address 216.34.94.186 This is from the US, fyi. It also works (and even resolves to the same thing :) from other hosts

Re: [gulfwar-2] Al-Jazeera Calls... - strategy proposal (fwd)

2003-03-27 Thread Thomas Shaddack
Couple ideas. I am interested in peer reviews. :) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:43:11 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [gulfwar-2] Al-Jazeera Calls... - strategy proposal To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 28

Re: Brit reporting

2003-03-27 Thread Mike Rosing
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, stuart wrote: I've been enjoying Robert Fisk's reporting from Baghdad in UK's Independent, but Brian Whitaker's daily briefing in the Guardian sometimes has wonderful gems you'd never see in American press: Same here. Thanks for the pointer to Whitaker, I'll add him to

Email traffic can reveal ringleaders (New Scientist)

2003-03-27 Thread Thomas Shaddack
...or, the importance of foiling the traffic analysis. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns3550 By looking for patterns in email traffic, a new technique can quickly identify online communities and the key people in them. The approach could mean

RE: [AntiSocial] ok, devil's advocate here (fwd)

2003-03-27 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, scot wrote: if the war is about oil, then why didn't we just take the oil for ourselves after the gulf war? (you may commence dodging of the question again now) We did. But rather than spending the money to pump it ourselves, we created a society of indentured

Usenet as solution to Al-Jazeera jamming problem

2003-03-27 Thread Tim May
On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 04:45 PM, Thomas Shaddack wrote: Couple ideas. I am interested in peer reviews. :) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:43:11 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [gulfwar-2] Al-Jazeera Calls... - strategy proposal To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: For Rent: One Principality. Prince Not Included.

2003-03-27 Thread Bill Stewart
At 04:46 PM 03/27/2003 -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://nytimes.com/2003/03/25/international/europe/25LIEC.html?pagewanted=printposition=top The New York Times March 25, 2003 For Rent: One Principality. Prince Not Included. By SARAH LYALL VADUZ, Liechtenstein It seems patently absurd to Sigvard