The Rambling Firewall of China

Oops…

–DNS Error Extends Great Firewall of China

(25th March 2010)

Problems with a root DNS Server in China caused computers in the United

States and Chile to come under the control of the Great Firewall of

China, resulting in requests to sites such as Facebook, Twitter and

YouTube to be redirected to Chinese servers.

Once the server, operated
by the Swedish service provider Netnod, was disconnected from the
Internet, the problem was resolved. The problem was first noticed by
NIC Chile, that...