full-disclosure - Slightly off-topic: www.georgewbush.com

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From: dhill+fulldisc at cricalix.net (Duncan Hill)
Subject: Slightly off-topic: www.georgewbush.com

On Friday 29 October 2004 11:47, Berend-Jan Wever might have typed:
> Hi all,
>
> Want to view www.georgewbush.com from outside the US? You can't: Access
> denied. This "security" measure (!?) can easily be avoided using a proxy in
> the US or any anonymous surfing website though.
>
> So, what is it he doesn't want anyone from outside the US to read ?

There's an article on arstechnica.com, and it documents how using the IP of 
the server instead of the domain works.  Why they did it - ask the owners of 
the site, not us :p