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Al-Jazeera website attacked
Hacker attacks and technical glitches have caused a string of headaches for a new English-language website launched by Arab satellite TV network Al-Jazeera.
The Qatar-based network has faced a storm of criticism in the United States for broadcasting Iraqi footage of five US prisoners of war and at least eight corpses.
The Qatar-based network has faced a storm of criticism in the United States for broadcasting Iraqi footage of five US prisoners of war and at least eight corpses.
Al-Jazeera website attacked
March 27 2003
Hacker attacks and technical glitches have caused a string of headaches for a new English-language website launched by Arab satellite TV network Al-Jazeera.
The Qatar-based network has faced a storm of criticism in the United States for broadcasting Iraqi footage of five US prisoners of war and at least eight corpses.
Its new site (english.aljazeera .net) went live on Monday, but was quickly hit by hacker attacks - as was the Arabic-language site (http://www.aljazeera.net).
Managing editor Joanne Tucker said staff were unable to update the English site for about four hours on Tuesday.
"We've had a lot of obstacles thrown in our way," Ms Tucker said. "I thought the launch would be quite smooth and wouldn't make make too many waves, but the reaction has been amazing. It has been almost surreal."
Al-Jazeera ran into more problems yesterday when the New York Stock Exchange banned its reporters from the trading floor - a move widely seen as retaliation for the channel's war coverage.
The ban prompted criticism from a host of media watchdogs.
Stock exchange spokesman Ray Pellecchia said the decision to rescind the accreditation of the two journalists had been taken to accommodate a surge in requests from television networks for access to the stock exchange.
"We've had to prioritise requests ... and focus our efforts on those who focus on providing responsible business coverage, and as a result we cannot accommodate Al-Jazeera at this time," Mr Pellecchia said.
Agencies
Copyright © 2003. The Sydney Morning Herald.
March 27 2003
Hacker attacks and technical glitches have caused a string of headaches for a new English-language website launched by Arab satellite TV network Al-Jazeera.
The Qatar-based network has faced a storm of criticism in the United States for broadcasting Iraqi footage of five US prisoners of war and at least eight corpses.
Its new site (english.aljazeera .net) went live on Monday, but was quickly hit by hacker attacks - as was the Arabic-language site (http://www.aljazeera.net).
Managing editor Joanne Tucker said staff were unable to update the English site for about four hours on Tuesday.
"We've had a lot of obstacles thrown in our way," Ms Tucker said. "I thought the launch would be quite smooth and wouldn't make make too many waves, but the reaction has been amazing. It has been almost surreal."
Al-Jazeera ran into more problems yesterday when the New York Stock Exchange banned its reporters from the trading floor - a move widely seen as retaliation for the channel's war coverage.
The ban prompted criticism from a host of media watchdogs.
Stock exchange spokesman Ray Pellecchia said the decision to rescind the accreditation of the two journalists had been taken to accommodate a surge in requests from television networks for access to the stock exchange.
"We've had to prioritise requests ... and focus our efforts on those who focus on providing responsible business coverage, and as a result we cannot accommodate Al-Jazeera at this time," Mr Pellecchia said.
Agencies
Copyright © 2003. The Sydney Morning Herald.
For more information:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/26/...
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With an illegal war daily killing people, others find a way to hide these abvious facts. It is a shame actually that even we are not allow to know what is going on...Where are we living? are we humains or objects??
It is right to say that the first thing killed in this war is the TRUTH. So, we vote and pay tax for that...thank you.
Dig this:
The NS Lookup came up with an IP number in response to the domain name. Pinging the domain name drew a blank. Pinging the IP number which resulted from the nslookup succeeded. Entering this IP number in the web browser, however, does not bring up the Al Jazeera English website, but instead some site administrator log-in site. Lastly, an nslookup on the IP number itself draws a claim that no domain name is associated with it.
C:\>nslookup english.aljazeera.net
Server: dns1.snfcca.sbcglobal.net
Address: 206.13.28.12
Name: english.aljazeera.net
Address: 64.106.174.80
C:\>ping english.aljazeera.net
Pinging english.aljazeera.net [213.30.180.219] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 213.30.180.219:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\>ping 64.106.174.80
Pinging 64.106.174.80 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.106.174.80: bytes=32 time=350ms TTL=244
Reply from 64.106.174.80: bytes=32 time=120ms TTL=244
Reply from 64.106.174.80: bytes=32 time=110ms TTL=244
Reply from 64.106.174.80: bytes=32 time=110ms TTL=244
Ping statistics for 64.106.174.80:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 110ms, Maximum = 350ms, Average = 172ms
C:\>nslookup http://www.english.aljazeera.net
Server: dns1.snfcca.sbcglobal.net
Address: 206.13.28.12
Name: http://www.english.aljazeera.net
Address: 64.106.174.80
C:\>nslookup 64.106.174.80
Server: dns1.snfcca.sbcglobal.net
Address: 206.13.28.12
*** dns1.snfcca.sbcglobal.net can't find 64.106.174.80: Non-existent domain
C:\>nslookup http://www.english.aljazeera.net
Server: dns1.snfcca.sbcglobal.net
Address: 206.13.28.12
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: http://www.english.aljazeera.net
Address: 64.106.174.80
What is wrong with Al Jazeera showing the true price of iraqi oil..... people die in wars, they are cruel and bloody.....they murder innocent men, women and children and maimed others. The rhetoric of liberators, peace makers, land of the free have long gone from most people's thoughts when they think of the US now. By its own hands it has shown the true face of corporate greed and political immaturity.
Thank you Al Jazeera, TV5, CCTV for daring to be objective, for daring to be truthful.
a loyal british citizen