No the BGP and the physical links were down. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:38 AM, 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 > >> --------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > > > > > > > -- Best Regards, Mounir Mohamed, CCIE#19573 (R&S/SP), JNCIS-M. Senior Network Engineer, Core Team. NOOR Data Networks, SAE Mobile# +2-010-2345-956 http://mounirmohamed.wordpress.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mounirmohamed