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Wikileaks needs to start distributing files encrypted before they announce what's inside them. It wouldn't provoke a DDOS and distributing the password after th

Wikileaks needs to start distributing files encrypted before they announce what's inside them. It wouldn't provoke a DDOS and distributing the password after the announcement is much simpler.

milfot 14y ago
Would this not prompt every paranoid government / organisation to DDOS them?
Jach 14y ago
They're in it for the fame, not the delivery. They could put it on public torrent networks if they really wanted it out there. (They've done the "this torrent is everything we have, encrypted, if something happens to Assange we'll release the decryption key" before though.) Thanks to the Streisand Effect the DDoS guarantees this will receive lots of attention.
- mtgx 14y ago
  I wonder if the US Government, presumably behind most of the DDoS attacks against them, are aware of this - that attacking them now, only puts tWikileaks back into the public's attention.
  - cantankerous 14y ago
    I'd be a little careful with that accusation. I think there are other groups that exist that would like you to believe that the US Government is behind these attacks. I am inclined to believe that the Feds are not the ones behind the attacks because the utility of doing so legitimizes Wikileaks and draws more attention to them.
- derrida 14y ago
  It is on torrent networks, but the places hosting the torrents are being attacked. This attack is above 10gbit/sec. It bought down the datacentre of one of the supporter sites. This could also take certain countries offline. Saying that, their supporter sites are run by some pretty competent system admins: here are the torrents http://wikileaks-press.org:81/ http://wikileaks-press.org:81/
  - stephengillie 14y ago
    What level of network connections do most datacenters have?
    - derrida 14y ago
      T1. Yes. A T1 connection was bought down. Details and source if anybody needs it. http://pastie.org/4449905 http://pastie.org/4449905

Wikileaks needs to start distributing files encrypted before they announce what's inside them. It wouldn't provoke a DDOS and distributing the password after the announcement is much simpler.

milfot 14y ago

Would this not prompt every paranoid government / organisation to DDOS them?

Jach 14y ago

They're in it for the fame, not the delivery. They could put it on public torrent networks if they really wanted it out there. (They've done the "this torrent is everything we have, encrypted, if something happens to Assange we'll release the decryption key" before though.) Thanks to the Streisand Effect the DDoS guarantees this will receive lots of attention.

mtgx 14y ago
I wonder if the US Government, presumably behind most of the DDoS attacks against them, are aware of this - that attacking them now, only puts tWikileaks back into the public's attention.
- cantankerous 14y ago
  I'd be a little careful with that accusation. I think there are other groups that exist that would like you to believe that the US Government is behind these attacks. I am inclined to believe that the Feds are not the ones behind the attacks because the utility of doing so legitimizes Wikileaks and draws more attention to them.
derrida 14y ago
It is on torrent networks, but the places hosting the torrents are being attacked. This attack is above 10gbit/sec. It bought down the datacentre of one of the supporter sites. This could also take certain countries offline. Saying that, their supporter sites are run by some pretty competent system admins: here are the torrents http://wikileaks-press.org:81/ http://wikileaks-press.org:81/
- stephengillie 14y ago
  What level of network connections do most datacenters have?
  - derrida 14y ago
    T1. Yes. A T1 connection was bought down. Details and source if anybody needs it. http://pastie.org/4449905 http://pastie.org/4449905