AONN : The case of the mistery .gov site.

(Sorry, it's a bit old new )

AONN claims to be a clandestine intelligence agency associated with the
Department of Defense, but the government is denying any connection...

www.pcworld.com...

AONN.gov mirror:
www.mccullagh.org...


And here's my article, which appeared two days earlier:
news.com.com...


This is apparently AONN.gov's new home:
www.dsispecialaccess.net...


-Declan



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www.infoworld.com...
The case of the mysterious .gov site
No one knows where it came from
By Grant Gross
February 07, 2003
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Department of Defense spokesman has never heard
of the group that operated AONN.gov, and the U.S. General Services
Administration has pulled the site's .gov domain because of questions
about the organization's connection to the U.S. government.
Still, Robert L. Taylor III, chief information officer of Access One
Network Northwest, continues to claim he operates a "clandestine"
cybersecurity and intelligence agency supported by the Deparment of
Defense (DOD), according to an e-mail statement attributed to Taylor
sent in response to IDG News Service questions. The e-mail was sent by
someone purporting to be the webmaster at AONN.gov's companion site,
dsispecialaccess.net.
In a plot worthy of "The X-Files," the General Services Administration
(GSA), which assigns .gov domains, yanked the AONN.gov domain in late
January, but declined to comment on how Taylor's group received the
URL (uniform resource locator) in the first place. The GSA issued a
statement Thursday: "There is question about the authenticity of the
web site that included the AONN name. Until the situation is resolved,
we have eliminated the URL from the dot gov directory name server."
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