WikiLeaks, Amazon, the Cloud & the Law

Data Center Knowledge (Dec 2 2010) Cloud Computing

1. Wikileaks has sown controversy with its Internet infrastructure as well as its leaks of secret government documents. Yesterday Wikileaks said it had been “ousted” from Amazon Web Services‘ cloud computing platform, apparently after U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman contacted Amazon to protest. Many aspects of the Wikileaks-Amazon issue are being debated today, including the rights of hosting customer, the implications for providers, and the practical aspects (pro and con) of shifting a site to a cloud platform while it is under an active denial of service attack. Here’s our review of noteworthy commentary and analysis from around the web on this issue, along with background on Wikileaks other infrastructure options: (Read Full Article)

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