Pandu Poluan wrote: > Indeed. In fact, easier than that. > > Just inject false BGP routes into one of the backbone level routers, and > see how wide the Internet becomes 'impacted'. Do it to maybe 5 or 6 > other routers that watch guard over the transatlantic and transpacific > routes, and watch as the Internet fold upon itself. > > I was once a certified Network Engineer before I became a System Admin, > so I know. The soft underbelly of the Intartubes is depressingly very > vulnerable. > > Rgds, >
Sounds like the internet could be switched off. So, next question, how easy would it be to get it going again? Hours? Days? Weeks? Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
