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Amazon and FEMA., whydoes it try to connect?
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Dec 4, 2004, 06:39 AM
 
Why is it that when I visit Amazon UK, and go to my Account preferences, the page tries to connect to FEMA, the US Dept. of Homeland security? This is what I've managed to capure from them attemptng to connect to me, or me to their servers. Seems a bit odd.

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Successfully loaded 640197688 IPs from 15390 profiles.

Connection Rejected: 213.61.18.53 - www.fema.gov - Akamai AP2P (12-04-2004 @ 12:37:02)
Connection Rejected: 213.61.18.53 - www.fema.gov - Akamai AP2P (12-04-2004 @ 12:37:02)
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Dec 4, 2004, 08:08 AM
 
.....uh, good luck, they're after you now!
     
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Dec 4, 2004, 08:14 AM
 
If you know someone locally who uses the same ISP as you, talk to them about this.

Otherwise, call your ISP and see what is up.
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Dec 4, 2004, 09:17 AM
 
Originally posted by brapper:
.....uh, good luck, they're after you now!
lol, I won't go down without a fight!!!
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Dec 4, 2004, 10:27 AM
 
IIRC, FEMA isn't Homeland Security, it's the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the ones who give out grants for disaster relief.
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Dec 4, 2004, 10:59 AM
 
Originally posted by MountainMac:
IIRC, FEMA isn't Homeland Security, it's the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the ones who give out grants for disaster relief.
They must have heard about the storms we had here Yeah, I went to their site and just saw that big Homeland security badge, but on closer inspection it seems they are pretty benign.

Cheers.
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