Subj : Re: Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (070)
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Nodelist Police Commissioner
Date : Fri Mar 11 2022 13:52:06

Hello Michiel,

On 2022-03-11 12:42:01, you wrote to me:

 NC>> I have also tested a few other R50 nodes which had their host name
 NC>> changed. I could make a binkp connection to all of them, so the
 NC>> rumour Russia would disconnect the internet from the rest of the
 NC>> world, isn't true (yet)...

 MvdV> I also have no problems connecting to my R50 links. I think it isn't all
 MvdV> that easy to disconnect a country. The internet was designed to be hardened
 MvdV> against such attempts. When one route goes down alternative routes are
 MvdV> created automaticallty.

I don't know how good the Great Chinese Firewall works, but it's an ongoing big job to keep it functioning as they want to.
There isn't an on/off switch for internet in Russia that Putin can push. It would take a big effort to switch of all links to the outside.


Regards, NPC.

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