AT&T Blocks Part of 4chan · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 26, 2009 @06:00PM from the do-you-hear-that-tremendous-whining-noise? dept.

holdenkarau writes "Several news sources (Mashable, The Inquistr, etc.) are reporting that AT&T is blocking img.4chan.org in the southern United States. That server is used for the infamous /b/ board (the home of anonymous). TechCrunch calls the decision to block 4chan 'stupid,' noting that they may have 'opened perhaps the most vindictive, messy can of worms.' The Inquisitr suggests that 'The global internet censorship debate landed in the home of the free.' moot (who runs 4chan) asks users to call AT&T, while some others suggest more drastic action (like cutting AT&T fiber)." Update: 07/27 09:23 GMT by T : Readers' comments below suggest that a) the purpose of the block was to curtail the effects of a serious DDoS attack and b) that the block has now been lifted, at least for some regions.

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4chan, eh? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-26 18:05 · Score: -1, Redundant

First they came for the pedophiles, and I said nothing, for I was not a pedophile.
Re:ACK Attack by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-26 22:16 · Score: -1, Redundant

Ordinarily, a TCP connection is set up when you send a SYN packet to a website, such as 4chan, and then 4chan responds with a ACK, and then you respond again with a SYN-ACK.
No. A SYN elicits a SYN/ACK response, and the ACK finishes the 3-way handshake.