From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RykCS-0006ES-KS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:19:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 46CADE0792; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:19:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59E3EE0A83 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:18:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenm1 with SMTP id m1so2650213yen.40 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:18:16 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of rdalek1967@gmail.com designates 10.236.176.233 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.236.176.233; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of rdalek1967@gmail.com designates 10.236.176.233 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rdalek1967@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=rdalek1967@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.236.176.233]) by 10.236.176.233 with SMTP id b69mr18716315yhm.122.1329571096897 (num_hops = 1); Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:18:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=WxRdR4oHvfuwTGG54Xwz8Z4N6XIhsL3vuWVEEvMOyJk=; b=RUX0C5dGc0CNy1ONCxAowIR6zwisVtEUCu+Hw76cwTGIsfdiJoBlOLiTfozfeWeUOL haLdovph8fb74Hm/R9FEJO1aBfge8CEeGbTDZa6LZw4Jz3bbP4CK81A0SzhGRstBwald BTMf3Ue+FJH/7tP7AFle4mWb3MJQ4vQKDG5b8= Received: by 10.236.176.233 with SMTP id b69mr14304064yhm.122.1329571096855; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:18:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-147-47.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.147.47]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o11sm19401564anl.11.2012.02.18.05.18.13 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:18:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F3FA512.3060508@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:18:10 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20120204 Firefox/9.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.6.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess? References: <4F3F7CBA.9020600@gmail.com> <20120218124409.43286f16@khamul.example.com> <4F3F92C0.3060506@gmail.com> <1971113.3a2zZ3o5ps@localhost> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f1b25006-acf6-4a37-b3d7-9851bff3e386 X-Archives-Hash: c84510d00a073e772c77ff38d6e1947e 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? Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"