[OPLINTECH] Internet-killer at Large (OPLIN4cast repost)

[Nathan Eady]

millerst at oplin.org writes:

>> You want to cut off internet access to Armenia and a large part of
>> Georgia?  To what purpose?
>
> :) Well, obviously not Armenia and Georgia, per se... they've already
> experienced it.  I'll now have to pick other smaller places with
> up-and-coming netizens... like Iowa or Calgary. :)

The easiest way to do that probably involves taking out the power grid.
It has less built-in redundancy than the internet.  (Iowa and Calgary
aren't Armenia.  The tier-3 ISPs have redundant upstream providers, and
the tier-2 providers have multiple peers plus paid transit arrangements.
You can't just cut one cable and disconnect everyone.  You can take out
a tier-4 ISP by cutting one cable, but they service a minority of the
internet-using population in a more limited geographical area.)

-- 
Nathan Eady
Galion Public Library