[165919] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sudan disconnected from the Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tammy Firefly)
Wed Sep 25 20:41:49 2013
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:40:30 -0600
From: Tammy Firefly <tammy-lists@wiztech.biz>
To: Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
In-Reply-To: <CE68CFFE.94EF%wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 9/25/13 18:38:09, Warren Bailey wrote:
> http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sudan-security-clashes-subsid
> y-protesters-20360418
>
> On 9/25/13 5:34 PM, "Tammy Firefly" <tammy-lists@wiztech.biz> wrote:
>
>> On 9/25/13 18:29:58, Jeff Kell wrote:
>>> On 9/25/2013 8:25 PM, Tammy Firefly wrote:
>>>> with the old fashioned pair of diagonal cutters applied to fiber?
>>>
>>> Yes, interesting to know if it was cut fiber, pressure on the inside
>>> providers (or their feeds), or pressure on the outside providers.
>>>
>>> Traceroutes lend any clue?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>
>> If the government did it, I guarantee it was cut fiber. That makes it
>> difficult to quickly restore. One has to wonder whats going on there
>> right now that they dont want the world to know about?
>>
>>
>>
>
Then its quite likely the government cut the fiber to cover that up :)
wouldnt surprise me if they cut it in multiple places as well.