On 02/04/2011 09:46 AM, Julian Cain wrote: > On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:12 PM, David Barrett<dbarr...@quinthar.com> wrote: >> On 02/04/2011 08:58 AM, Julian Cain wrote: >>> >>> This is false. Egypt cut ALL Internet traffic including mobile. Having said >>> this the only solution is an AD-HOC network built with existing hardware w/ >>> internet gateways somewhere along the path. This technology has been around >>> for quite some time. The downside is that it takes an incredible amount of >>> effort to daisy chain home and office routers in a manner that will "act" >>> like the Internet. This is the only solution to a complete >>> government/corporate takeover. Build a new Internet with existing hardware >>> that gateways users into the public Internet. >> >> Just to clarify, did Egypt cut *domestic* phone and internet, or just >> *international*? For example, if I had a server inside Egypt, using an >> Egyptian domain, could users inside Egypt generally access it? > > They cut both domestic and international. No a user cannot access a domain > that lies within Egypt's boundaries nor any other when this occurs.
Interesting! Any idea how they did this? For example, did they just turn off DNS such that nothing resolved even though the core domestic routes were intact? Or did they actually turn off every broadband connection in the country? I'm wondering if a bunch of nodes in universities and homes could have maintained a pre-established DHT using straight IP addresses, or if all WAN connections were completely terminated. Like, could hospitals still communicate with each other? Government offices? The military? I haven't read any detailed analysis on exactly was going on domestically, merely what appeared to be happening to the international connections. Can you provide any links? -david _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
