Category: Publishing & Media

Does US’ SIPRNET use MediaWiki? (WikiLeaks)

Posted Nov.28, 2010 under Publishing & Media

I’m not going to prattle on much about WikiLeaks, but I noticed something again about the recent WikiLeaks US Embassy release.

Quick disclaimer: it’s just harmless gossip, I’ve nothing to do with WikiLeaks, and may even be wrong.

So I was scanning through one of the cables on The Guardian’s coverage of WikiLeaks’ latest release, and noticed a hyperlink at the bottom of the cable.

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This hyperlink refers to the “SGOV.GOV” SLD which refers to SIPRNET, which apparently is the internal network used for diplomatic purposes.

I’m not an expert, but that looks like a MediaWiki address (of Wikipedia fame) to me.

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WikiLeaks removes part of its US mirror – was it a mistake?

Posted Oct.26, 2010 under Publishing & Media

In my post last Friday I detailed how I’d noticed that WikiLeaks was using servers at Amazon in the US and Ireland for its latest release. I noticed completely by chance and had the good fortune to post it within the hour of their launch, and since then a few different sites have picked up on the story.

Netcraft since blogged about the find here, as did The Register, and most recently The Daily Telegraph. I also managed to get a question asked via Twitter during the Frontline Club press conference with Julian Assange but unfortunately some confusion led to a mixed answer.

With the increased press attention to the matter I’ve kept an eye on the domains every once in a while. As of today, the Amazon US mirror at 204.236.131.131 just got removed from one of the sites http://warlogs.wikileaks.org leaving only Ireland and France. The Irish IP is still run by Amazon, a US company.

Right now, the Amazon US mirror is still on the main site at http://wikileaks.org, but I’ll update if this changes.

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