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North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:37 pm
by backtoiam
North Korea accidentally lets world access its internet and it only has 28 websites
Arjun Kharpal | @ArjunKharpal
18 Hours Ago
Someone in North Korea is in a lot of trouble.
The secretive state somehow accidentally opened access to all the websites hosted on its servers, revealing that it only has 28 registered domains.
On Monday at around 10 p.m. Pacific time, North Korea's nameserver – that contains information about all of the ".kp" websites – was misconfigured, allowing it to be accessed. This meant Matthew Bryant, a researcher, was able to access the domain names and some of the file data about the site.
Bryant dumped all of this on Github – a site that hosts computer code. It's the first real look into the secret online world of the hermit state North Korea.
Some of the websites take a long time to load and some are inaccessible. Among the 28 sites listed is one called Air Koryo, a flight booking site, and one named Friend, presumably some sort of social network.
One website that has always been accessible outside of North Korea is the Korean Central News Agency – the state-run propaganda site.
A Reddit page lists all of the websites discovered and below are some examples of the sites.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/21/north-ko ... sites.html
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Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 12:04 am
by 82_28
Yeah that dude is dead. Unless they farmed the administration out to South Korea or something.
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:00 pm
by DrEvil
Those are just the pages accessible through the regular internet. North Korea also has a completely separate internal network that isn't connected to the wider internet.
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:41 pm
by coffin_dodger
DrEvil wrote:Those are just the pages accessible through the regular internet. North Korea also has a completely separate internal network that isn't connected to the wider internet.
So the NKs have an internal internet? - not bad for a supposed rag-tag country portrayed here in the West as having leaders with bowlish 'hey dude, what a square' haircuts, pasty, frightened citizens that hover perilously close to near famine, laughably unsophicated weapons of death and frightening ideologies. Does America have a similar internal Internet that is accessible only by its residents?
If not, I guess it's one-nil to NK. But surely the Exceptional Americans have a way in? I mean, they surveille everyone, do they not? It's part of an exceptional culture's core tenet - to be the best at winning.
American Exceptionalism. Do any of you yanks feel embarrassed portraying yourselves at home and abroad as exceptional? Or are you exceptional people? Do you believe it? What makes you exceptional? Maybe intellect, compassion, trinkets collected or the availability of a highly sophisticated war machine that can kill everyone, everywhere? It seems a bit hollow now when Hilary and Donny are the most exceptional of the exceptional that can be mustered. Perhaps delusional is more appropriate than exceptional.
For those that find me agonising, I'm nearly done.
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 1:41 pm
by dada
coffin_dodger » Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:41 pm wrote:
If not, I guess it's one-nil to NK. But surely the Exceptional Americans have a way in? I mean, they surveille everyone, do they not? It's part of an exceptional culture's core tenet - to be the best at winning.
American Exceptionalism. Do any of you yanks feel embarrassed portraying yourselves at home and abroad as exceptional? Or are you exceptional people? Do you believe it? What makes you exceptional? Maybe intellect, compassion, trinkets collected or the availability of a highly sophisticated war machine that can kill everyone, everywhere? It seems a bit hollow now when Hilary and Donny are the most exceptional of the exceptional that can be mustered. Perhaps delusional is more appropriate than exceptional.
For those that find me agonising, I'm nearly done.
They'll ignore you. We have no time to give North Korea or American Exceptionalism the 'rigorous treatment.' Can't you see, the Donny and Hillary show is on! haha
(I'm not really laughing)
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:30 pm
by DrEvil
coffin_dodger » Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:41 am wrote:DrEvil wrote:Those are just the pages accessible through the regular internet. North Korea also has a completely separate internal network that isn't connected to the wider internet.
So the NKs have an internal internet? - not bad for a supposed rag-tag country portrayed here in the West as having leaders with bowlish 'hey dude, what a square' haircuts, pasty, frightened citizens that hover perilously close to near famine, laughably unsophicated weapons of death and frightening ideologies. Does America have a similar internal Internet that is accessible only by its residents?
Yes, several in fact: Defense Information Systems Network / SIPRNET / NIPRNET plus any number of corporate networks.
Setting up an internal network isn't hard. Just basic internet infrastructure that isn't connected to the wider net.
If not, I guess it's one-nil to NK. But surely the Exceptional Americans have a way in? I mean, they surveille everyone, do they not? It's part of an exceptional culture's core tenet - to be the best at winning.
Sure, if they have physical access somewhere inside North Korea and a way to pipe the signal out.
American Exceptionalism. Do any of you yanks feel embarrassed portraying yourselves at home and abroad as exceptional? Or are you exceptional people? Do you believe it? What makes you exceptional? Maybe intellect, compassion, trinkets collected or the availability of a highly sophisticated war machine that can kill everyone, everywhere? It seems a bit hollow now when Hilary and Donny are the most exceptional of the exceptional that can be mustered. Perhaps delusional is more appropriate than exceptional.
For those that find me agonising, I'm nearly done.
You sound like you're defending North Korea? And what's with the dig at American exceptionalism (not that I don't appreciate it
)? Wrong thread methinks.
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:05 pm
by coffin_dodger
You sound like you're defending North Korea? And what's with the dig at American exceptionalism (not that I don't appreciate it
)? Wrong thread methinks.
The many thousands of threads on this board concerning Western shenanigans, at home and abroad, signals a niggling doubt that all may not be as it appears in our
demonising media regarding NK. Perhaps
they think our ruling elite are shysters and won't play ball with
us.
But enough of that crazy-talk.
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:42 pm
by dada
DrEvil » Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:30 pm wrote:
You sound like you're defending North Korea? And what's with the dig at American exceptionalism (not that I don't appreciate it
)? Wrong thread methinks.
What
is the point of the thread, though? It's just another 'news tidbit' posted on RI without any comment or critique.
'Here, here's a consumer item I hoover'd up, and am regurgitating for other consumers.' Garbage in, garbage out.
Authoritarians say, 'ooh, someone in North Korea is in troubuulll...'
And of course, we can all feel better about our 'free' internet. 'heh. only twenty-eight websites.'
Then there's, 'ooh, a tech article. Secret online world. Cool.'
And, 'mmm. Korean food.' (That was my reaction)
Also, 'I like to travel. Imagine travelling to North Korea? Wow.'
Finally, 'Alright, I'm bored. What else you got for me, internet?'
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:50 pm
by 82_28
Ummmm, yeah, dada. The interest in NK speaks for itself. I don't know why you would even ask why someone would post this.
It's there!
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:26 pm
by dada
82_28 » Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:50 pm wrote:Ummmm, yeah, dada. The interest in NK speaks for itself. I don't know why you would even ask why someone would post this.
It's there!
I know, but I think the things that speak for themselves are the things in need of the
most critique. Without examining the things we take for granted, we're just playing games. We may as well be discussing the drapery.
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 5:34 pm
by Burnt Hill
Well, I take the draperies for granted, but I suppose they speak for themselves.
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 6:18 pm
by dada
What do they say?
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 6:24 pm
by Burnt Hill
They say the carpet doesn't match.
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 6:45 pm
by dada
See? Here we go, discussing the drapery again.
Although this drapery speaks for itself. hm. Maybe we should critique it.
Does the carpet agree?
Edited to add: With the drapes, I mean. Does the carpet agree with the drapes. I don't care if the carpet agrees with me.
No one respects the carpet. You know why?
Because the carpet lets everybody walk all over it, of course.
Re: North Korea Accidentally Exposes Internet Says CNBC
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 9:57 pm
by JackRiddler
I don't have any drapery.