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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 routers, and |
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> see how wide the Internet becomes 'impacted'. Do it to maybe 5 or 6 |
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> other routers that watch guard over the transatlantic and transpacific |
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> 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 Admin, |
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> so I know. The soft underbelly of the Intartubes is depressingly very |
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> vulnerable. |
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> Rgds, |
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Sounds like the internet could be switched off. So, next question, how |
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easy would it be to get it going again? Hours? Days? Weeks? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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-- |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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Miss the compile output? Hint: |
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EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" |
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