Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Random notes on Wikileaks vs. Amazon AWS Web Service

The twitterverse exploded with accusations that Amazon caved to political pressure and stopped hosting http://cablegate.wikileaks.org. If you'll remember, on Sunday, the site was taken offline with a DDoS attack (where thousands of machines flood a victim with requests). Therefore, Wikileaks moved to Amazon's "cloud" servers, which should be immune to DDoS. However, Wednesday morning, Amazon canceled the account, and Wikileaks had to move back it's original servers.

Cablegate: Wikileaks still sucks

The latest leak is a fascinating look into secret world of fascinating diplomacy. But just because I find this interesting and enjoy reading it doesn’t mean I support the leak or Wikileaks.

So, I thought I’d write up yet again why Wikileaks sucks.