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Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet
From: Mounir Mohamed <mounir.mohamed () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:58:00 +0200
No the BGP and the physical links were down. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Richard Barnes <richard.barnes () gmail com>wrote:
It also seems like a question that could be decided empirically. Can anyone on here comment on whether or not the BGP session ended gracefully and the link lights remained lit? --Richard On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Marshall Eubanks <tme () americafree tv> wrote:On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:15 AM, Joly MacFie wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/technology/16internet.html There has been intense debate both inside and outside Egypt on whetherthecutoff at 26 Ramses Street was accomplished by surgically tamperingwith thesoftware mechanism that defines how networks at the core of theInternetcommunicate with one another, or by a blunt approach: simply cuttingoff thepower to the router computers that connect Egypt to the outside world.I do remember some intense debate, here and elsewhere, but I somehowdon't remember those as being the primary debate parameters.Regards Marshall-- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org ---------------------------------------------------------------
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- Re: Local root zone (Was NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet) Fred Baker (Feb 16)
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- Re: Local root zone (Was NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet) Joel Jaeggli (Feb 21)
- Re: Local root zone (Was NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet) Randy Bush (Feb 21)
- Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet Richard Barnes (Feb 16)
- Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet Mounir Mohamed (Feb 16)
- Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet Martin Millnert (Feb 16)
- Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet Mounir Mohamed (Feb 16)