Web Havoc?

[Fenderman]

Oops!Where's the "Worry Smiley" ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21954636

 

[Brogan]

The problem is hosts like the one in the story

Cyberbunker, a Dutch web host which states it will host anything with the exception of child pornography or terrorism-related material.

This is how pirates, spammers, etc. are able to flourish.
If it's illegal, any host allowing it should be shut down.

If countries/governments actively encourage it (e.g. China, etc.) then they should be fire-walled from the rest of the net.

 

[Brogan]

A great article on it: http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-ddos-that-almost-broke-the-internet

Thanks for the link Mike.

 

[Brogan]

Some more useful links for the nerds amongst us:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network
https://www.euro-ix.net/resources-list-of-ixps
https://stats.linx.net/aggregate.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5450410

 

[Fenderman]

Worthwhile read. Some Interesting comments attached to the article as well. Not being very well acquainted with the infrastructure of the web, I found the article to be a very useful insight.

Edit: Thanks for those other links Brogan I think I'll bone up some more on the subject.