USGS returns to the Internet
One of the sources I use to keep track of natural hazards (i.e. earthquakes) which may affect the net has been off the net for the last few days. The US Geological Survey (along with the rest of Department of Interior) Internet access was shutdown earlier this week. On December 8, Judge Lamberth modified his order allowing some services to be restored. First @Home and then the Department of the Interior, US Judges have disrupted more Internet users in the last couple of weeks than any other source. What next a judge riding a backhoe?
It is inaccurate to say that a judge closed down @home. Rather, a judge allowed @home to terminate service with certain service providers. -alan Thus spake Sean Donelan (sean@donelan.com) on or about Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:38:32PM -0500:
One of the sources I use to keep track of natural hazards (i.e. earthquakes) which may affect the net has been off the net for the last few days. The US Geological Survey (along with the rest of Department of Interior) Internet access was shutdown earlier this week. On December 8, Judge Lamberth modified his order allowing some services to be restored.
First @Home and then the Department of the Interior, US Judges have disrupted more Internet users in the last couple of weeks than any other source. What next a judge riding a backhoe?
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Alan Hannan wrote:
It is inaccurate to say that a judge closed down @home.
Rather, a judge allowed @home to terminate service with certain service providers.
You are absolutely, positively 100% correct. It is also inaccurate to say the judge shutdown the Department of Interior Internet. The Department of Interior (contractors) did it themselves just like @Home's executives and @Home engineers terminated access to its network. A judge issued an order. Service was terminated. "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?" - Henry II
It is also inaccurate to say the judge shutdown the Department of Interior Internet. The Department of Interior (contractors) did it themselves just like @Home's executives and @Home engineers terminated access to its network.
A judge issued an order.
Service was terminated.
engineers worked. and service was restored. let there be packets. randy
Service was terminated.
engineers worked. and service was restored.
let there be packets.
Most DoI systems are still offline. There is no word on when service will be restored. Still down Department of Interior (www.doi.gov) Fish and Wildlife Service (www.fws.gov) National Interagency Fire Center (www.nifc.gov) National Park Service (www.nps.gov) Office of Aircraft Services (www.oas.gov)
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Sean Donelan wrote:
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Alan Hannan wrote:
It is inaccurate to say that a judge closed down @home.
Rather, a judge allowed @home to terminate service with certain service providers.
You are absolutely, positively 100% correct.
It is also inaccurate to say the judge shutdown the Department of Interior Internet. The Department of Interior (contractors) did it themselves just like @Home's executives and @Home engineers terminated access to its network.
A judge *ordered* the DOI offline. A different judge *allowed* Excite@home to terminate service against the wishes of the cable companies that Excite had contracts with. They are indeed two different things.
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
A judge *ordered* the DOI offline. A different judge *allowed* Excite@home to terminate service against the wishes of the cable companies that Excite had contracts with. They are indeed two different things.
You are absolutely correct. IANAL, I defer legal questions to those people that are. As an engineer I look at the result: service was disrupted.
Hello Sean, Sunday, December 09, 2001, 2:38:32 PM, you wrote: SD> First @Home and then the Department of the Interior, US Judges have SD> disrupted more Internet users in the last couple of weeks than any SD> other source. What next a judge riding a backhoe? It's also interesting to note that the reason the DoI was shut down was for a lack of proper security on their network. More info can be found here: http://www.indiantrust.org/clips.cfm?news_id=157 and http://www.indiantrust.org/clips.cfm?news_id=158 as well as /. comments here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=24580&threshold=3&mode=nested Thanks, David mailto:davidu@everydns.net
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