LinkedIn was indeed being spoofed, which is exactly what was being done to baidu in this case we are discussing. So it seems to be we now agree that blocking baidu would not be appropriate?
> Edit 2: no, throwaway7767, Baidu's infrastructure - their bandwidth, their customers, and location within the Chinese Firewall are being used to attack GitHub. Baidu has control over where they locate their servers. Baidu are not exercising that control.
And in what way is this different than the attack on LinkedIn we were discussing? Please be specific.
I've already said I disapprove of these methods regardless of who applies them, but you have not seen fit to specifically state that companies like linkedin should move all their servers outside the US/UK/FVEY countries, reserving that course of action only for chinese companies.
>> If there is a specific infrastructure being leveraged by the someone to attack someone else, and the owner of the infrastructure is not taking steps to prevent its misuse, then yes, of course.
> you have not seen fit to specifically state that companies like linkedin should move all their servers outside the US/UK/FVEY countries, reserving that course of action only for chinese companies.
> Edit: yes, throwaway7767, this means any company. However LinkedIn, in this case, was being spoofed, and LInkedIn's infrastructure was not used: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/ghcq-targets-engin....
LinkedIn was indeed being spoofed, which is exactly what was being done to baidu in this case we are discussing. So it seems to be we now agree that blocking baidu would not be appropriate?
> Edit 2: no, throwaway7767, Baidu's infrastructure - their bandwidth, their customers, and location within the Chinese Firewall are being used to attack GitHub. Baidu has control over where they locate their servers. Baidu are not exercising that control.
And in what way is this different than the attack on LinkedIn we were discussing? Please be specific.
I've already said I disapprove of these methods regardless of who applies them, but you have not seen fit to specifically state that companies like linkedin should move all their servers outside the US/UK/FVEY countries, reserving that course of action only for chinese companies.