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

[millerst@oplin.org]

> 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.)

Thanks for the tips, Nathan!! -snirk-  Hmm.  I'd better stick to
technology-developing nations in central eurasia.  Easier to hack.  See...
there I go, over-thinking things again.  If a sweet old lady can do it so
easily... sometimes it just takes a simple approach.