The Bush reelection website is apparently now blocked to everyone outside of the US. It seems to be a policy decision rather than a response to hacking. Here's an interesting quote from the BBC article:
"Mike Prettejohn, president of Netcraft, speculated that the blocking decision might have been taken to cut costs, and traffic, in the run-up to the election on 2 November.
He said the site may see no reason to distribute content to people who will not be voting next week.
Managing traffic could also be a good way to ensure that the site stays working in the closing days of the election campaign.
However, simply blocking non-US visitors also means that Americans overseas are barred too."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3958665.stm
After the Manchester Guardian's recent foray into intervention in American Elections, anyone involved in Computer Security would consider it a prudent step to prevent crackers from outside the US trying to further intervene in American Elections.
Just think how you would feel if you received a letter from someone you never heard of in the UK telling you how much they hated John Kerry urging you to vote for George Bush.
T.T.F.N. William H. Magill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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