North Korean Domain Names Return To the Internet

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North Korean Domain Names Return To the Internet

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 13, 2011 @06:58PM from the still-can't-order-a-decent-bulgogi dept.

angry tapir writes "North Korean domain names have returned to the Internet over the last few days as the country continues to build its presence online. Websites, previously available only via IP addresses, are now accessible through dot-kp addresses and it appears more might be on the way."

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All Fear NK! by Nethead · 2011-01-13 19:04 · Score: 4, Funny

They have achieved DNS technology. To the bunkers everyone!

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Not a troll by Lord+Byron+II · 2011-01-13 19:14 · Score: 3, Interesting

This isn't a troll, but a serious question.
They are an unfriendly, communist, totalitarian regime. We exactly do we care if they are on the Internet?
Again, this is not a troll. I'm really interested in the ramifications of this action, which at the moment escape me.
1. Re:Not a troll by timid3000 · 2011-01-13 19:37 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  They are an unfriendly, communist, totalitarian regime.
  Do you mean like China ?
2. Re:Not a troll by Anonymous Coward · 2011-01-13 19:53 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Because we live in the same world?
3. Re:Not a troll by Opportunist · 2011-01-14 02:09 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  People are fleeing from NK to China, just to give you an idea that there are various degrees of "bad".
  
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Re:Whole country's domain disappeared?? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-01-13 19:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Capitalist oppression.
Can't view NK domains... by incognito84 · 2011-01-13 19:35 · Score: 4, Funny

...or I get a nasty little message telling me not to, here in Seoul. What are they worried about? It's not like looking at webpages that look like they were made in 1994 are going to make me want to cross the border.
Re:Whole country's domain disappeared?? by totally+bogus+dude · 2011-01-13 20:52 · Score: 5, Informative

Pretty easily, at least in this case. The root servers provide these name servers for .kp:
kp. 172800 IN NS ns2.kptc.kp. kp. 172800 IN NS ns1.kptc.kp.
which are both located on the same class C:
ns1.kptc.kp. 86400 IN A 175.45.176.15 ns2.kptc.kp. 86400 IN A 175.45.176.16
Which generally is indicative of the same network segment. I guess North Korea doesn't have a need for a particularly robust internet infrastructure, so there's a good chance there's just some servers listening on those addresses and no fancy load-balancing or anycast routing going on, and very likely they're at the same physical location.
If either of those stop responding to queries, then resolution of anything under .kp will fail.
One to pre-emptively block by WillerZ · 2011-01-13 21:12 · Score: 4, Funny

TwoGirlsOne.kp?

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Strong HTML design by Ailure · 2011-01-13 21:30 · Score: 3, Interesting

So does this mean we get to see more "strong" HTML? ;)
Re:So what? by somersault · 2011-01-13 22:38 · Score: 4, Funny

Plenty of source material for political satire?

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