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W3.org down?

30 points by simontabor 14y ago

lwm 14y ago
up in Ireland...
polemic 14y ago
Related to mit.edu Anon takedown?
simontabor 14y ago
Does anyone have any news on W3.org and mit.edu? I'm currently left assuming it's an attack after Aaron Swartz's death, which is pretty saddening.
- ndefinite 14y ago
  just the TC article: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/13/mit-edu-doj-gov-w3-gov-all-currently-down-following-investigation-into-swartz-tragedy/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/13/mit-edu-doj-gov-w3-gov-all-...
naftaliharris 14y ago
You can always check http://isup.me/ http://isup.me/. Looks like it's down!
- simontabor 14y ago
  The question mark was unnecessary, yeah - of course I checked to make sure before posting
pokoleo 14y ago
Down here. And here: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/w3.org http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/w3.org
agwa 14y ago
It looks like MIT hosts www.w3.org: http://bgp.he.net/ip/128.30.52.37 http://bgp.he.net/ip/128.30.52.37
- simontabor 14y ago
  Looks like it (also http://bgp.he.net/ip/128.30.52.200 http://bgp.he.net/ip/128.30.52.200). Collateral from Anonymous apparently taking down MIT, I guess
- sandhawke 14y ago
  Yes. MIT is one of the three global hosts for W3C and the one handling North America. They host us physically (W3C has office space as part of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab) and they host our machines and network. It may be folks in other parts of the world can get to our servers in other parts of the world, or maybe there's a single point of failure in the current configuration.
  - buttscicles 14y ago
    Also inaccessible here in GB.
  - agwa 14y ago
    Thanks for the info. At the moment, www.w3.org recursively resolves to the same MIT IP address for me from hosts in GB, NZ, and JP, so it looks like there is a single point of failure, at least for the website.
  - mfwoods 14y ago
    Unless it's just been fixed, it's reachable here from FR and NL.
gojomo 14y ago
A cool thing about Aaron's activism was that it involved building things, circumventing censorship, and spreading information, rather than sabotage and denial-of-service.
- djisjke 14y ago
  Oh fuck no. 1. He recognized it 2. Whatever Aaron's activism methods was is no necessary relevant for the ddosing protestors

W3.org down?

30 points by simontabor 14y ago

lwm 14y ago

up in Ireland...

polemic 14y ago

Related to mit.edu Anon takedown?

simontabor 14y ago

Does anyone have any news on W3.org and mit.edu? I'm currently left assuming it's an attack after Aaron Swartz's death, which is pretty saddening.

ndefinite 14y ago
just the TC article: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/13/mit-edu-doj-gov-w3-gov-all-currently-down-following-investigation-into-swartz-tragedy/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/13/mit-edu-doj-gov-w3-gov-all-...

naftaliharris 14y ago

You can always check http://isup.me/ http://isup.me/. Looks like it's down!

simontabor 14y ago
The question mark was unnecessary, yeah - of course I checked to make sure before posting

pokoleo 14y ago

Down here. And here: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/w3.org http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/w3.org

agwa 14y ago

It looks like MIT hosts www.w3.org: http://bgp.he.net/ip/128.30.52.37 http://bgp.he.net/ip/128.30.52.37

simontabor 14y ago
Looks like it (also http://bgp.he.net/ip/128.30.52.200 http://bgp.he.net/ip/128.30.52.200). Collateral from Anonymous apparently taking down MIT, I guess
sandhawke 14y ago
Yes. MIT is one of the three global hosts for W3C and the one handling North America. They host us physically (W3C has office space as part of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab) and they host our machines and network. It may be folks in other parts of the world can get to our servers in other parts of the world, or maybe there's a single point of failure in the current configuration.
- buttscicles 14y ago
  Also inaccessible here in GB.
- agwa 14y ago
  Thanks for the info. At the moment, www.w3.org recursively resolves to the same MIT IP address for me from hosts in GB, NZ, and JP, so it looks like there is a single point of failure, at least for the website.
- mfwoods 14y ago
  Unless it's just been fixed, it's reachable here from FR and NL.

gojomo 14y ago

A cool thing about Aaron's activism was that it involved building things, circumventing censorship, and spreading information, rather than sabotage and denial-of-service.

djisjke 14y ago
Oh fuck no. 1. He recognized it 2. Whatever Aaron's activism methods was is no necessary relevant for the ddosing protestors