07 December 2010

Amazon Route 53: Trustworthy?

As a "user" of Amazon's Web Services (I've kicked the tyres on S3, but not much more than that) I received an email from Amazon punting their new DNS service, dubbed "Amazon Route 53".

I wonder though, in the wake of their termination of WikiLeaks, whether I would trust any part of my DNS infrastructure to Amazon. Suppose I did something to piss off the US governement - hosted a DNS entry for WikiLeaks, perhaps? at, say, http://wikileaks.mikro2nd.net/ - and some US government official notices (pretty unlikely, I know, but...) and whispers into Amazon's ear, would I, too, lose use of this critical infrastructure without review, recourse or refund?

So, no! I don't think I'll be using Amazon Route 53 much...
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