Re: Sudan disconnected from the Internet

[Glen Kent <glen.kent () gmail com>]

Thats disappointing. I was imagining some networking trick with which Sudan
was being disconnected (prefix hijacking, etc) - didnt strike me that this
was also an option available! :-)


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 6:10 AM, Tammy Firefly <tammy-lists () wiztech biz>wrote:

> On 9/25/13 18:38:09, Warren Bailey wrote:
> >
> http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sudan-security-clashes-subsid
> > y-protesters-20360418
> >
> > On 9/25/13 5:34 PM, "Tammy Firefly" <tammy-lists () wiztech biz> wrote:
> >
> > > On 9/25/13 18:29:58, Jeff Kell wrote:
> > > > On 9/25/2013 8:25 PM, Tammy Firefly wrote:
> > > > > with the old fashioned pair of diagonal cutters applied to fiber?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, interesting to know if it was cut fiber, pressure on the inside
> > > > providers (or their feeds), or pressure on the outside providers.
> > > >
> > > > Traceroutes lend any clue?
> > > >
> > > > Jeff
> > >
> > > If the government did it, I guarantee it was cut fiber.  That makes it
> > > difficult to quickly restore.  One has to wonder whats going on there
> > > right now that they dont want the world to know about?
>
> Then its quite likely the government cut the fiber to cover that up :)
> wouldnt surprise me if they cut it in multiple places as well.