Never mind, Messrs. Cowie and Baker answered my question: <http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2011-February/033181.html>
Couldn't have paths through Egypt if layer 2 were cut off. (Right?) --Richard On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Richard Barnes <richard.bar...@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 <t...@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 whether the >>>> cutoff at 26 Ramses Street was accomplished by surgically tampering with >>>> the >>>> software mechanism that defines how networks at the core of the Internet >>>> communicate with one another, or by a blunt approach: simply cutting off >>>> the >>>> power to the router computers that connect Egypt to the outside world. >>> >>> >> >> I do remember some intense debate, here and elsewhere, but I somehow don'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 >>> --------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> >> >> >