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China's Great Firewall Infects Other Countries

Posted by Soulskill on from the trial-run-successful dept.

angry tapir writes "A networking error has caused computers in Chile and the US to come under the control of the Great Firewall of China, redirecting Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube users to Chinese servers. Security experts are not sure exactly how this happened, but it appears that at least one ISP recently began fetching high-level DNS information, from what's known as a root DNS server, based in China. That server, operated out of China by Swedish service provider Netnod, returned DNS information intended for Chinese users, effectively spreading China's network censorship overseas."

6 of 178 comments (clear)

  1. Maintaining the Great Firewall by Tetsujin · · Score: 4, Funny

    (Firewall is subverted...)
    Damn you cyber-Mongorians!

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  2. Re:Tiannamen Square by maxwell+demon · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's no secret in China that this square exists. It's just what happened there $%*+
    NO CARRIER

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  3. this gives me an idea.... by datapharmer · · Score: 4, Funny

    So if the entire world's DNS resolved to the Chinese firewall simultaneously would it DOS them to oblivion and end these shenanigans? I'd give up a day of using the internet to see that go down.

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  4. Huh by MrTripps · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was wondering about that fortune cookie that said "All of your root servers are belonging to us."

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  5. Re:Pfft. by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also, the internet routes around censorship? Ooops....

    Seems we were wrong. Apparently, the Internet detects censorship and routes it around.

  6. Re:I think this is a shot across teh bow by Jazz-Masta · · Score: 3, Funny

    What if every single router in the world is manufactured in China? Are you sure you know what's in that firmware?

    Yes, lead, melamine, and poorly documented programming.