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My understating is that Microsoft only attacked and seized their domains. I don't think they actually have remote control over the servers, end even if they hav
by unnouinceput 6y ago
My understating is that Microsoft only attacked and seized their domains. I don't think they actually have remote control over the servers, end even if they have the owners could simply just wipe and reinstall. And since these servers are physically located in countries like Russia or China I doubt Microsoft has the capability to do a physical sizing even if they wanted to.
That being said and given the power corporations are gaining year by year it will not be long before Microsoft will file to have their own SWAT team to physically size or destroy computers and/or crackers.
- gowld 6y agoOnly the DNS root operators can seize domains. They did do pursuant to a US court order.
- kalium-xyz 6y agoDNS root, TLD operators, and registers.
- tialaramex 6y agoRegistries and registrars. The registry is a single entity that decides which names exist under a particular domain hierarchy, providing this capability might be contracted out to somebody else to do on behalf of the "real" owners of that domain for example the COM domain registry is operated by Verisign under contract. One or more Registrars provide (mostly sell) the service of managing entries in that registry. For all the popular commercial TLDs there are multiple commercial registrars. The registrars have to abide by rules set by the registry (since if they did not the registry can just stop them providing any services) even if they are not under the same legal jurisdiction as the registry. For the gTLDs the rules for this playing field are set by ICANN. It would like these rules to apply everywhere, but the ccTLDs are assigned to sovereign entities, and like a two year old, sovereign entities do not take kindly to being told what to do.
- ryanlol 6y agoDNS root operators can only seize TLDs, not regular domain names.