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On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:18:10 -0600 |
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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> > Indeed. In fact, easier than that. |
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> > Just inject false BGP routes into one of the backbone level |
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> > routers, and see how wide the Internet becomes 'impacted'. Do it to |
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> > maybe 5 or 6 other routers that watch guard over the transatlantic |
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> > and transpacific routes, and watch as the Internet fold upon itself. |
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> > I was once a certified Network Engineer before I became a System |
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> > Admin, so I know. The soft underbelly of the Intartubes is |
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> > depressingly very vulnerable. |
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> > Rgds, |
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> Sounds like the internet could be switched off. So, next question, |
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> how easy would it be to get it going again? Hours? Days? Weeks? |
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Nobody knows as we've never had to do it. |
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We have no idea how to reboot the internet or even if we can. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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