Repost from rdom's blog:
http://post.thing.net/node/1094
Hola all,
Thanks for notification.
But, I do want to inform you that ProHosting Security Department description
of e-action is incorrect - this was not DDOS. This was an intentional Electronic Civil Disobedience (ECD) gesture (is based on research b.a.n.g lab to develop mass non-violent direct action on-line). This research is supported
by CAL IT2.
Just for clarification: DDOS is a technical condition based on anonymous technically efficient code that works and represents the work
of one or two individuals. ECD is symbolic mass-simulation.
The reason for the e-action was to protest the killings and repression of
teachers in Oaxaca - as well as the killing of an independent U.S. reporter.
If you wish to see a live version of the e-action that was hosted by our
research team at CAL IT2 please click here:
http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/oaxaca2/index.php
Best,
Ricardo Dominguez
P.S. I will be hosting a gathering on E-activism and its many trajectories
in the Fall of 2007. I hope you can all come and participate...
Ricardo R. Dominguez
Assistant Professor
CAL(IT)2
and
Visual Arts Department University of California,
San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive (0503) La Jolla,
California 92093 Phone: (619) 322-5571
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> Notification of Ticket Registration
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> Jacobs School Office of Engineering Computing (OEC)
> Research Computing Support Group
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> Project: Research
> Ticket: RE: abuse regarding 132.239.8.103
> Ticket Number: 775
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> Status: Request
> Date: 11/07/2006 Time: 12:24:34
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> Description:
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> Entered on 11/07/2006 at 12:24:34 by Stefan Kessler:
> **This Ticket was moved from Project Dehelp**
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> This site is managed by Visual Arts Professor Ricardo Dominguez and any
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> concerns should be discussed with him directly. His email is
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> rrdominguez@UCSD.Edu and I am cc'ing him on this message.
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> His assistant who also manages the site is Rob Coenen
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> [rob@massive-interactive.nl] who is at 858-729-3346
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> thanks
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> greg
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Jim Madden [mailto:jmadden@ucsd.edu]
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:06 PM
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> To: soe-help@soe.ucsd.edu; Hidley, Gregory; Dunne, Brian
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> Cc: Tony Wood; abuse@ucsd.edu
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> Subject: Fwd: abuse regarding 132.239.8.103
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> I believe that the web page on bang.calit2.net being complained about
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> here is an intentional, supported activity of CalIT2 so that any
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> reaction to it needs to be made in consultation with CalIT2 or upper
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> campus management?
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> Jim Madden
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> >Delivered-To: abuse@ucsd.edu
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> >Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:33:22 -0700
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> >From: abuse@prohosting.com
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> >To: Abuse@ucsd.edu
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> >Subject: abuse regarding 132.239.8.103
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> >Cc: NOC@ucsd.edu
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> >Greetings:
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> >An IP address on your network is effectively engaged in a type of DDOS
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> >attack affecting one or more of our servers. The offending IP Address
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> >is 132.239.8.103 which is hosting the URL
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> >http://bang.calit2.net/sdhacklab/oaxacavive/trigger.php
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> >Please take appropriate steps to ensure this activity ceases.
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> >Thank you,
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> >ProHosting Security Department
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> >abuse@prohosting.com
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> >Sample log report including date and time stamp:
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> >[07/Nov/2006:11:14:12 -0700] "GET /eng/english.htm HTTP/1.1" 403 286
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> >"http://bang.calit2.net/sdhacklab/oaxacavive/trigger.php"
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> >"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7)
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> >Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7"
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> Current Assignees:
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> CC(s): (permanent) twood@ucsd.edu, abuse@ucsd.edu, dhutches@soe.ucsd.edu,
t> clopine@soe.ucsd.edu, rrdominguez@ucsd.edu, ghidley@soe.ucsd.edu,
rob@massi> ve-interactive.nl
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> Customer Information:
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> Email address: ghidley@soe.ucsd.edu
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