[137429] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Internet blocked in Algeria?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joly MacFie)
Sat Feb 12 19:57:56 2011
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From: Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:57:13 -0500
To: Jim Cowie <cowie@renesys.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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Thanks,
I wonder if the fb messing is filtering or a repeat of the Tunisian password
stealing gambit? I guess time will tell. I know fb implemented countrywide
https as a workaround in that case.
j
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Jim Cowie <cowie@renesys.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:05 PM, mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 05:01:12PM -0500, Joly MacFie wrote:
> >> Any confirmation of internet blocking?
> >>
> >> http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=26849
> >>
> >> As massive street demonstrations are met with widespread violence in
> >> Algeria, the country is reporting that many Facebook accounts have been
> >> deleted or blocked by the government, in an effort to stifle protests
> >> against President Abdelaziz Boutifleka, activists on Twitter reported
> around
> >> midday in the country.
> >> They also said that the government is working fast to cut off all
> Internet
> >> providers in the country.
> >
> > At least some websites, though not all of them, that are linked off
> > <http://www.erepublic.org/egovincountriesa/algeria.html>
> > seem to be working OK. I grant they're all government, but they're up
> > and serving requests.
> >
>
> Looks up to us, with the exception of a few websites. Routes stable,
> inbound traceroutes unremarkable, lots and lots of DZ-hosted content
> available.
>
> http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/02/watching-algeria.shtml
>
> best, --jim
>
>
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