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 1RynDf-0008RR-DF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:33:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DE8A8E0FD7; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:32:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 413CAE1000 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:31:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcit16 with SMTP id it16so4240794bkc.40 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:31:01 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mikemol@gmail.com designates 10.204.9.205 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.204.9.205; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mikemol@gmail.com designates 10.204.9.205 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mikemol@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=mikemol@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.204.9.205]) by 10.204.9.205 with SMTP id m13mr7488731bkm.68.1329582661392 (num_hops = 1); Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:31:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=aQMCD10DEbn4Sq1z1eqnZSpsgn9FSUtJBvZQDq4mcIw=; b=pPmwhCkidq5dVjKeIW/zWZNKOdSibBzupLG2XyVW0Y7YCMwgDiY0+JymnZMWbSOwew RCdxx4Wgz15cw+WJ4hH4qAeJmnPzJ34M+sPZXnYAq7dUxwME1bjbYvkgad7akc/BUMqP sIu3MTw63lBHzCXt8RHJc/GFFEhNHoWZUXVAc= 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 Received: by 10.204.9.205 with SMTP id m13mr6101716bkm.68.1329582661323; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:31:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.124.129 with HTTP; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:31:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1671205.GgZr02gHlQ@localhost> References: <4F3F7CBA.9020600@gmail.com> <1971113.3a2zZ3o5ps@localhost> <4F3F9BFF.9070104@gmail.com> <1671205.GgZr02gHlQ@localhost> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:31:01 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess? From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 22e72469-2d04-4e59-9a0d-59e90fea4e80 X-Archives-Hash: 3b60d12a55693d6fe648819583418a32 On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:39:27 schrieb Dale: >> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: >> >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the >> >> computers. =C2=A0After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant = right? >> >> If there is a few computers still running that have a connection, it = is >> >> still working. =C2=A0Sort of anyway. >> >> >> >> Does make one wonder tho. =C2=A0They have been talking about having a >> >> internet "off switch" but I'm not sure it would be that easy. >> > >> > basically, yes. Take down the core routers and backbones and everythin= g >> > falls apart. >> >> But how long would it take to actually do this? > > minutes > Risk of physical destruction is why the price location of the core routers was generally kept secret. --=20 :wq