If you were the feds

[sarettah]

and were going after certain websites and certain hosts for those websites and you wanted the sites down who would you go to?

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by sarettah

and were going after certain websites and certain hosts for those websites and you wanted the sites down who would you go to?

www.betterwhois.com

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by gonzo

www.betterwhois.com

That tells them who to shut down. Let's assume they already know that. They want to do it without alerting the host as to what is going on.

Who do they go to?

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by sarettah

That tells them who to shut down. Let's assume they already know that. They want to do it without alerting the host as to what is going on.

Who do they go to?

You can have a hosts entire upstream cut off for a lot less.

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by gonzo

You can have a hosts entire upstream cut off for a lot less.

Don't want the host to be alerted to it. Cutting off the upstream would probably alert the host quite loudly.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by sarettah

Don't want the host to be alerted to it. Cutting off the upstream would probably alert the host quite loudly.

Always did us! hahaha

[Toby]

If that were the case then DirectNic would not have given Slick a deadline prior to shut down. The shit storm this created on the boards most certainly notified the host.

If the Feds wanted the sites down they show up at the host unannounced, with a warrant, and sites are shut down. The Feds have no need to be subtle.

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by Toby

If that were the case then DirectNic would not have given Slick a deadline prior to shut down. The shit storm this created on the boards most certainly notified the host.

If the Feds wanted the sites down they show up at the host unannounced, with a warrant, and sites are shut down. The Feds have no need to be subtle.

In an ongoing investigation they have every reason to be subtle.