Bit.ly offers alternative domains due to unrest in Libya
After the riots began in Libya, it became clear that the country would soon turn off the Internet, as it was on January 27 in Egypt. Fearing such a development of events, many began to worry about their traffic: how will one of the most popular Internet shortcut links Bit.ly , registered in the Libyan domain, work? Indeed, in the same Egypt on January 27, DNS servers were unavailable.
On Saturday, the Internet in Libya really turned off. But even a few hours before this, the executive director of the Bit.ly service hurried to dispel concerns : Bit.ly is in no danger at all.
Generally, in order for Bit.ly or any other domain in the .ly zone to stop resolving, you need to have five DNS servers offline for the .ly zone to go offline. But unlike Egypt, the situation here is more reliable. Two of the Libyan DNS servers are in Oregon, one in the Netherlands and two more in Libya.
True, the director of Bit.ly kept silent about who exactly controls the foreign .ly servers. If they are controlled from Libya, their overseas location means little: one shutdown -h now is enough.
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In addition, the local dictator Gaddafi can theoretically deliberately return incorrect answers to the DNS-requests to Bit.ly for the purpose of monetization or political propaganda. In connection with such potential risks, Bit.ly offers to use spare domains: http://j.mp/ and http://bitly.com/ . Any link with bit.ly can be rewritten to j.mp, simply by replacing the domain name.
More information about the unavailability of Egyptian DNS servers on January 27, 2011 can be found on this page .
On Saturday, the Internet in Libya really turned off. But even a few hours before this, the executive director of the Bit.ly service hurried to dispel concerns : Bit.ly is in no danger at all.
Generally, in order for Bit.ly or any other domain in the .ly zone to stop resolving, you need to have five DNS servers offline for the .ly zone to go offline. But unlike Egypt, the situation here is more reliable. Two of the Libyan DNS servers are in Oregon, one in the Netherlands and two more in Libya.
True, the director of Bit.ly kept silent about who exactly controls the foreign .ly servers. If they are controlled from Libya, their overseas location means little: one shutdown -h now is enough.
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In addition, the local dictator Gaddafi can theoretically deliberately return incorrect answers to the DNS-requests to Bit.ly for the purpose of monetization or political propaganda. In connection with such potential risks, Bit.ly offers to use spare domains: http://j.mp/ and http://bitly.com/ . Any link with bit.ly can be rewritten to j.mp, simply by replacing the domain name.
More information about the unavailability of Egyptian DNS servers on January 27, 2011 can be found on this page .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/114137/
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