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[Peter Larsen]

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>Subject: ARRL Web Access Disrupted
>Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 11:54:43 -0400
>From: "ARRL Letter distribution list" <letter-dlvy@www.arrl.org>
>
>ARRL Web Access Disrupted by Cyber-Vandal
>
>NEWINGTON, CT, Apr 25, 2000--Access to the ARRL Web site
>(http://www.arrl.org/) was disrupted early Monday by an unknown individual
>when those attempting to connect to the site were shunted to another site,
>apparently in Canada. Some who attempted to access the site today were
>greeted by an obscene message and the statement "Pirate radio for life,
>baby."
>
>ARRL Information Services Department Manager Don Durand said the League's
>"arrl.org" domain name was illegally modified at Network Solutions--which
>registers domain names--and redirected to the bogus site. "Network Solutions
>was promptly notified of the illegal change, and they, in turn, returned our
>record to the correct settings," Durand said.
>
>While Network Solutions was alerted to the problem yesterday morning, Durand
>said it takes up to 48 hours for the various name servers on the Internet
>to update their records. "At this time, we're simply waiting for that
>propagation to be completed," he said.
>
>The ARRL Web site itself was not "hacked," and no ARRL files were damaged as
>a result of the vandalism. "Our domain was hijacked at Network Solutions,"
>Durand emphasized. "At no time was our Web server compromised."
>
>The vandalism did disrupt e-mail service to League staff and officials,
>however. Mail service was returning as servers were updated. The ARRL E-Mail
>Forwarding Service was not affected.
>
>ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, said the League intends to investigate the
>disruption through all possible means. Haynie promised that the
>perpetrators, if caught, would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
>law.

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