[135760] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Connectivity status for Egypt
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JDuffy@nww.com)
Fri Jan 28 12:44:10 2011
From: <JDuffy@nww.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:43:52 -0500
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I'm a reporter for Network World, and we're working on a series of stories =
re the Egyptian Internet blackout. I hope I can glean some information from=
the operators on this list for my story. It would be much appreciated.
My question for NANOG operators is... Is the blackout disrupting your opera=
tions in Egypt, Northern Africa and/or the Middle East? Have you noticed an=
y resumption of service since the outage went into effect on Thursday, Jan.=
27?
Also, a bill was introduced recently in Congress proposing an Internet "kil=
l switch" to be used, apparently, in response to cyberattacks on the U.S.:
http://edge.networkworld.com/news/2009/040209-obama-cybersecurity-bill.html=
?page=3D1
Do you have any opinions on whether this "kill switch" could indeed be empl=
oyed here to thwart attacks... or to suppress communications during time of=
political unrest? As a network operator, would you support such a bill? An=
d would you comply with it if it indeed became law?
Thank you, and best regards,
Jim Duffy
Managing Editor
Network World
