US kicks a few Iranian websites off the US owned and controlled ".com" domain

[Hamartia Antidote]

haha! Seems the US Government still has some powerful control over the internet.

.com - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"The domain name com is a top-level domain (TLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Added in 1985, its name is derived from the word commercial,[1] indicating its original intended purpose for domains registered by commercial organizations. Later, the domain opened for general purposes.

The domain was originally administered by the United States Department of Defense, but is today operated by Verisign, and remains under ultimate jurisdiction of U.S. law"

Seems they pulled PressTV.com forcing it to use PressTV.ir

https://www.presstv.com/

PressTV

Press TV is an Iranian news and documentary network that broadcasts in the English and French-language. It is affiliated with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the only organisation legally able to transmit radio and TV broadcasts in Iran.

www.presstv.ir

 

[Stryker1982]

Honestly surprised it took them this long

 

[Muhammed45]

What a desperate country the super duper USA has become.

This must be the best Americans could do against truth.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Honestly surprised it took them this long

They can screw countries/companies pretty good and quickly with that little-known finger on the button ability.


Looks like they control .net and .org too

.net - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

.org - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Verisign - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In March 2012, the US government declared that it has the right to seize any domains ending in .com, .net, .cc, .tv, .name and .org

RT - Breaking news, shows, podcasts

RT is the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news.

www.rt.com

新华网_让新闻离你更近

中国主要重点新闻网站,依托新华社遍布全球的采编网络,记者遍布世界100多个国家和地区,地方频道分布全国31个省市自治区,每天24小时同时使用6种语言滚动发稿,权威、准确、及时播发国内外重要新闻和重大突发事件,受众覆盖200多个国家和地区,发展论坛是全球知名的中文论坛。

www.xinhuanet.com

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Available for all kinds of platforms; enjoy group chat; support voice,photo,video and text messages.

www.wechat.com

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www.alibaba.com

Huawei - Building a Fully Connected, Intelligent World

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices.

www.huawei.com

https://www.alipay.com/

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

They can screw countries/companies pretty good and quickly with that little-known finger on the button ability.


Looks like they control .net and .org too

.net - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

.org - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Verisign - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In March 2012, the US government declared that it has the right to seize any domains ending in .com, .net, .cc, .tv, .name and .org

RT - Breaking news, shows, podcasts

RT is the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news.

www.rt.com

新华网_让新闻离你更近

中国主要重点新闻网站,依托新华社遍布全球的采编网络,记者遍布世界100多个国家和地区,地方频道分布全国31个省市自治区,每天24小时同时使用6种语言滚动发稿,权威、准确、及时播发国内外重要新闻和重大突发事件,受众覆盖200多个国家和地区,发展论坛是全球知名的中文论坛。

www.xinhuanet.com

WeChat - Free messaging and calling app

Available for all kinds of platforms; enjoy group chat; support voice,photo,video and text messages.

www.wechat.com

Find quality Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters, Importers, Buyers, Wholesalers, Products and Trade Leads from our award-winning International Trade Site. Import & Export on alibaba.com

Find quality Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters, Importers, Buyers, Wholesalers, Products and Trade Leads from our award-winning International Trade Site. Import & Export on alibaba.com

www.alibaba.com

Huawei - Building a Fully Connected, Intelligent World

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices.

www.huawei.com

https://www.alipay.com/

China has set up an architecture where no data enters or leaves the country unless it is querying a foreign server directly, and only through Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong intermediaries at that. Basically, there is no direct connection from the US internet to the Chinese internet.

It's not a credible threat because it won't do any damage while being a major escalation.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

China has set up an architecture where no data enters or leaves the country unless it is querying a foreign server directly, and only through Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong intermediaries at that. Basically, there is no direct connection from the US internet to the Chinese internet.

It's not a credible threat because it won't do any damage while being a major escalation.

Having intermediate countries isn't going to make much of a difference if they pull the plug on a .com or .net url.

You think Iran somehow directly connects to the US?

Verisign (who owns all the .com lookups) tells the root servers to switch the IP lookup and that's that. Your friendly .com name is screwed instantaneously worldwide. If anything they probably also have man-in-the-middle capabilities.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Having intermediate countries isn't going to make much of a difference if they pull the plug on a .com or .net url.

You think Iran somehow directly connects to the US?

Verisign (who owns all the .com lookups) tells the root servers to switch the IP lookup and that's that. Your friendly .com name is screwed instantaneously worldwide. If anything they probably also have man-in-the-middle capabilities.

China has its own DNS servers. If necessary China can isolate the entire internet from external attack.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

China has its own DNS servers. If necessary China can isolate the entire internet from external attack.

That's not going to help somebody in say Singapore trying to use Wechat.com or read news from xinhuanet.com

 

[Trango Towers]

America doesn't realise that everytime it does that its enemies become stronger

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

That's not going to help somebody in say Singapore trying to use Wechat.com or read news from xinhuanet.com

If that happens then it's a major escalation and the focus will be on protecting remaining assets

Also Huawei, Alibaba, etc use their .cn domains as well, administered by CINIC. The .com.cn domain is also administered by CINIC. If it was found that no further attack is occurring then all .com addresses can be migrated to .com.cn with no loss of function.

Not a credible threat.