On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:31 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 4/15/2009 10:39:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > Somebody sent this to me and I thought I would send the link to the group.. > > > > > > Link http://rawstory.com//printstory.php?story=15212 > > ============= > I saw the story the other day (before you posted it). > > 1. The Internet is not just the US (though some obviously like to think > so). > 2. Logistically, with all the servers involved it would be extremely hard > to do. > 3. Really sounds like the idea was drafted by someone(s) who are clueless. > > So I've decided not to worry (yet). But, yeah, it's a bad thing. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) >
Marnie, 1. While the Internet is not just the US, the network segments which link the regional networks worldwide are mostly US controlled. 70% of worldwide traffic crosses the Verizon Business backbone (formerly UUNET/MCI/Worldcom) at some point. Shutting down Verizon's backbone alone would essentially break the Internet into regional chunks and isolate Asia/Pacific Rim regions from Europe and the Middle East/India. 2. Also the shutdown would be fairly simple, merely shutting down routing protocols at peering points or broadcasting a global blackhole route within the major backbone networks. When you have 2100+ routers in a network you have ways to manage items like routing without having to log onto each router. The servers are irrelevant as the routers link everything. 3. That's an understatement. Written by people who neither understand the impact of such an act nor understand that the US Executive Branch already has such powers in an emergncy situation (IE declaration or war or suspension of Habeus Corpus) -Adam -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
