No-IP's Formal Statement on Microsoft Takedown
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Re: No-IP's Formal Statement on Microsoft Takedown
#2They also deny Cisco's allegations here.
http://www.noip.com/blog/2014/02/12/cisco-malware-report/
It doesn't compute that Cisco is casting blame on them and Microsoft got a court order when all they had to do is send an email.
It's kind of strange, they're probably unable to keep up with the abuse reports and validating them or something. There are a lot of dynamic DNS providers so why do the bad guys pick them for the most part for their DNS needs?
Re: No-IP's Formal Statement on Microsoft Takedown
#3This smells like BS, this also isn't the first time that other entities have had to step in to cleanup their crap.
Especially this quote: "Apparently, the Microsoft infrastructure is not able to handle the billions of queries from our customers."
Azure DNS, Microsoft.com, Bing. Yeah, all of those already require billions of DNS queries. I don't doubt things are not working correctly, but insinuating Microsoft can't handle the load just makes their case smell even worse.
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#4This smells like BS, this also isn't the first time that other entities have had to step in to cleanup their crap. Especially this quote: "Apparently, the Microsoft infrastructure is not able to handle the billions of queries from our customers." Azure DNS, Microsoft.com, Bing. Yeah, all of those already require billions of DNS queries. I don't doubt things are not working correctly, but insinuating Microsoft can't h…
I think what is insinuated is that they botched the job, not that they're not technically capable of doing it.
Re: No-IP's Formal Statement on Microsoft Takedown
#5Wait, how can a company seize the domains of another?
Re: No-IP's Formal Statement on Microsoft Takedown
#6Wait, how can a company seize the domains of another?
I agree, it's a bit troublesome that one private company can do this to another, vs. the government doing so.
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#7Wait, how can a company seize the domains of another?
By convincing a judge that it was necessary?
Actual detail here: http://www.noticeoflawsuit.com/index.htm
Re: No-IP's Formal Statement on Microsoft Takedown
#8Wait, how can a company seize the domains of another?
This is America. With enough money, you can do whatever you want.
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#9The comments here are surprisingly pro-Microsoft. I'd personally rather deal with spam and botnets over a corporation legally being able to take over the DNS of other companies due to the actions of users of a service. Despite pretty clear slippery-slope arguments, I recognize this isn't a universal opinion. There are many people who would like to curb cyber-bullying at the expense of freedom of speech or curb terrorism at the expense of privacy and civil liberties. It takes all kinds, I guess.
Re: No-IP's Formal Statement on Microsoft Takedown
#10This smells like BS, this also isn't the first time that other entities have had to step in to cleanup their crap. Especially this quote: "Apparently, the Microsoft infrastructure is not able to handle the billions of queries from our customers." Azure DNS, Microsoft.com, Bing. Yeah, all of those already require billions of DNS queries. I don't doubt things are not working correctly, but insinuating Microsoft can't h…
Not really. It looks like these domains are hosted on a different platform.
$ host ns1.microsoftinternetsafety.net
ns1.microsoftinternetsafety.net has address 199.2.137.250
$ host ns1.msft.net
ns1.msft.net has address 65.55.37.62
ns1.msft.net has IPv6 address 2a01:111:2005::1:1
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