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As an aside, you can set up a security group in AWS that blocks inbound traffic on port 80 if you'd like to neuter the incoming requests.

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Or, like, simply shut down the web server.

He'd still have to pay. By neutering it he means that nobody with bad intensions should be able to use the domains. It is neutered now, but if he was allowed to change DNS entry to point to localhost, he wouldn't have to pay Amazon.

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