whitehouse.gov server change (It's now in FEMA's network)

[shockingelk]

I find this a bit interesting: http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=whitehouse.gov

Sometime between 3/20/2004 and 4/2/2004 the way whitehouse.gov is connected to the Internet was changed. Previously it was in a netblock of addresses owned by the Executive Office Of The President - it was switched over to FEMAs netblock.

Maybe someone can come up with a conspiracy theory!

[LisaM]

1. Well, didn't terrorism get switched to FEMA

shortly after the selection?

[ithacan]

2. This is scary. I just heard on Air America news

a report claiming that cyberexperts have "discovered" serious problems with the internet that leave the routers open to hacking.

I fear they are moving to shut down the internet under the pretext of hacking etc.

And of course the internet is such a powerful tool for those opposed to the Bush regime.

They must be taking lessons from the Chinese ...

[dsewell]

3. Hmm, the date of the switch is VERY interesting...

I'd guess that GWB got one of the Internet Cleaning notices that traditionally go out around 1 April. I'd further postulate that he took it very seriously and unhooked all the White House computers from the Net. Then there may have been a power struggle between the White House sysadmins and the FEMA sysadmins over who should reconnect everything, which FEMA won, meaning before long publishers will be getting tell-all manuscripts entitled I Was a White House Geek that will reveal the top 10 Usenet groups from which Cabinet staffers download binaries, GWB's top-secret AOL nickname, and other top-secret stuff.