Internet Beta Testing? — More Hassles Coming for the U.S.?
October 01, 2016, Internet Changes
We are not going to delve into our own personal opinions as to what has taken place regarding the world wide web (www). Instead, we hope that our readers have been keeping up with what has been taking place regarding the Internet. We will provide you with a few links to articles that might help you to better understand the potential attacks that occurred on October 01, 2016.
“President Obama has agreed to let the Department of Commerce hand full control over the IANA functions to ICANN, effectively ceding the last control that the U.S. has over the Internet to an ambitious non-profit organization that will have no ties to the U.S. Government.” (Source: Forbes (read more).)
“Americans’ right to free speech online might be threatened by the Obama administration’s decision to transfer U.S. authority over Internet addresses to an organization called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), critics say.
“ICANN was set up by the Clinton Administration in 1998 to oversee the assignment of names and addresses on the World Wide Web. ICANN replaced the U.S. Defense Department, which created the Internet in the 1960s (emphasis added).
“Until October 1 of this year, ICANN reported to the U.S. Commerce Department. But now it is only answerable to its stakeholders, according to The Washington Post. Those stakeholders consist of representatives of 164 national governments around the world in a set-up critics say is similar to the United Nations, with representatives from free countries but also from repressive regimes like China and Iran.” (Source: Off the Grid News (read more); see also Engadget Article.)
There are undoubtedly a slew of articles and videos on the Internet that you can research on your own. Heck, you might possibly reach your own personal views, opinions, and conclusions, which might actually be a good thing. Just sayin’. …
October 21, 2016, Internet Crashes in Various Places
On October 21st, many websites and hosting companies encountered malicious attacks which caused a temporary shut down and/or slow down of their websites. Our own hosting provider was shut down for a few hours; 
however, our website remained intact and visible to our readers. Nevertheless, due to the obvious DNS (Database Name Service) and the DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks that occurred on October 21, 2016, we present the idea to you that the 21st was simply a beta testing check to see what type of power the opposition (whoever that is) can do to the world wide web whenever it so chooses. (Sources: DYN Blog (read more); and Off the Grid News (read more).)
Sept-Oct 2016: Our Own Worse Opponents
We have been fighting against attempted malicious hackers, spammers, and scammers for over a year now. Our largest recent opponents have been the Russian 
Federation, the European Union, France, and Ukraine to name a few. No matter what conclusion you make — an Internet beta testing take-down or just a happen-chance event that occurred on October 21, 2016 — the fact is, the world wide web is changing in front of our very eyes!
Article Sources (Last Accessed Oct 2016):
- Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jodywestby/2016/09/24/7-days-before-obama-gives-away-internet-national-security/#1f437ebd1216
- Off the Grid News: http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/did-obama-just-hand-control-of-the-internet-to-the-u-n-1/
- Engadget: https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/18/us-government-cedes-control-of-the-internet-in-october/
- DNS: http://dyn.com/blog/dyn-analysis-summary-of-friday-october-21-attack/
- Off the Grid News: http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/how-hackers-used-something-in-your-house-to-crash-the-internet-last-week/
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