natalian archives 2006 06 26

FIFA: Access denied

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Just visited the FIFA website to be presented with:

You don't have permission to access "http://www.fifa.com/" on this server.



Reference #18.c39ac4d3.1151325945.2723515

Alan tipped me that FIFA has blocked access from Korean IP addresses due to so many complaints from Koreans. For those who weren’t watching Korea’s last game in World Cup ‘06. There was a dubious penalty decision that didn’t go Korea’s way against Switzerland.

I am more concerned that FIFA think the best way of handling this situation is to block access to their Website. FIFA is firmly on my shitlist.

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62.49.117.34

Somewhat ironic that they have a “FIFA against Racism” page linked from their front page :)
Comment by Jamie Kitson —

62.49.117.34

Oh it gets better

FIFA Endeavours

Statutes

FIFA’s opposition to any form of discrimination is so firm that the topic deserves a specific article in the organisation’s statutes.

Article 3 (“Non-discrimination and stance against racism”) in the general provisions states: ” Discrimination of any kind against a country, private person or groups of people on account of ethnic origin, gender, language, religion, politics or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion.”

http://www.fifa.com/en/fairplay/fairplay/0,1256,5,00.html

Comment by Jamie Kitson —

208.191.193.26

er, wtf?
You guys DO know that there were like 4.2 million DDoS attacks from Korea,
and if FIFA didn’t block the access their site would have gone down?

Who’s the immature one here?

Comment by wtf —

125.131.161.40

Ah right. Next time I get a DoS attack from the states I’ll just block ALL American IPs then!
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