This is a useful reminder that nanog creates a large part of the battlefield on which state and non-state players constantly prosecute their Information Warfare agendas.
What will you do when you get a call from Khamenei, and then one from Obama? Armor up, boys and girls. David Hiers CCIE (R/S, V), CISSP -----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Bellovin [mailto:s...@cs.columbia.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:46 PM To: Jack Bates Cc: Erik Fichtner; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Verio taking twitter down during Iran Election Riots? On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:48:07 -0500 Jack Bates <jba...@brightok.net> wrote: > Erik Fichtner wrote: > > > > And yet, all upgrades can be postponed with the right... motivation. > > > > > Hmmm, you do know that motivation may have strictly been, "Your > maintenance corresponds with a major event, can you put it off for a > day?" > According to http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/k32Wx4r_vew/twitter-from-statedept-delay-upgrade-to-aid-iran-protests.ars the delay was requested by the U.S. State Department. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system.
