RIAA Website Hosted Out Of War Vet's House
from the hmm... dept
Wondering why the RIAA's website keeps getting hacked? In a bit of investigatory journalism, the Register has discovered that the RIAA's website is hosted by a disabled war veteran out of his house. I'm not sure that it matters that he's disabled or a war veteran, but it is odd that an organization such as the RIAA would pass of the duties of hosting their site to someone who appears to not be all that clueful when it comes to running a website - and who would then host it at his house.
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Out of a house...
Eventually it became cost prohibitive for him to support as many customers as he had gathered and had to shut down, but up until then it was great.
Which is better: A server run at a remote location where they have to pay someone to be there 24/7, or A server run out of a person's home where they're probably going to be 24/7 for the most part anyways...
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As for the home for hosting ... can think of lots of reason's not to got there but not sure the RIAA could.
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"He may had a PHd in Computer science beyond his other background... Does sound Like I'm qualified for much does it."
Hmmm... I hope I can be qualified for much someday too, but I don't had a MS in Computer science yet.
Sorry. I just couldn't help myself.
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