From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:38:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120218163829.7687560b@khamul.example.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F3FA512.3060508@gmail.com>
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:18:10 -0600
Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Pandu Poluan wrote:
>
> > Indeed. In fact, easier than that.
> >
> > Just inject false BGP routes into one of the backbone level
> > routers, and see how wide the Internet becomes 'impacted'. Do it to
> > maybe 5 or 6 other routers that watch guard over the transatlantic
> > and transpacific routes, and watch as the Internet fold upon itself.
> >
> > I was once a certified Network Engineer before I became a System
> > Admin, so I know. The soft underbelly of the Intartubes is
> > depressingly very vulnerable.
> >
> > Rgds,
> >
>
>
> Sounds like the internet could be switched off. So, next question,
> how easy would it be to get it going again? Hours? Days? Weeks?
Nobody knows as we've never had to do it.
We have no idea how to reboot the internet or even if we can.
--
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-18 14:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-18 10:26 [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess? Dale
2012-02-18 10:44 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-18 12:00 ` Dale
2012-02-18 12:24 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-02-18 12:39 ` Dale
2012-02-18 14:40 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-18 15:34 ` Dale
2012-02-18 16:18 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 17:48 ` Dale
2012-02-18 18:01 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 18:10 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 19:02 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 16:21 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-02-18 16:31 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 12:56 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 13:18 ` Dale
2012-02-18 13:49 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 14:38 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2012-02-19 21:08 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2012-02-19 21:23 ` Paul Hartman
2012-02-19 22:16 ` Dale
2012-02-20 16:12 ` Todd Goodman
2012-02-20 20:49 ` Grant Edwards
2012-02-20 21:04 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-20 21:16 ` Mark Knecht
2012-02-20 21:24 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-20 21:52 ` Grant Edwards
2012-02-21 5:30 ` Paul Hartman
2012-02-18 14:30 ` [gentoo-user] " pk
2012-02-21 3:58 ` Walter Dnes
2012-02-18 14:36 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-18 18:11 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 18:24 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 19:10 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 16:35 ` Mike Edenfield
2012-02-19 21:14 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2012-02-19 23:29 ` wdk@moriah
2012-02-20 16:37 ` Todd Goodman
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