Re: The state-level attack on the SSL CA security model

2011-03-24 Thread Danny O'Brien
case might have been a good idea I think contribute to the debate. Nonetheless, I'd strongly urge anyone not to assume that activists and journalists at physical risk in states like Iran assume that risk by using specific tools, or that major (if temporary) failures in the PKI structure d

Re: Internet blocked in Algeria?

2011-02-12 Thread Danny O'Brien
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:01 AM, 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

Re: Connectivity status for Egypt

2011-01-31 Thread Danny O'Brien
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > As an update, BGP for Noor.net has been withdrawn. Even the Egyptian stock > exchange - egyptse.com - now appears to be off the Internet. > > Yep, Noor is now down. Those on the ground with Noor DSL in Cairo contacted their front line sup

Re: Connectivity status for Egypt

2011-01-27 Thread Danny O'Brien
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Roy wrote: > On 1/27/2011 3:47 PM, Danny O'Brien wrote: > >> Around 2236 UCT, we lost all Internet connectivity with our contacts in >> Egypt, and I'm hearing reports of (in declining order of confirmability): >> >>

Connectivity status for Egypt

2011-01-27 Thread Danny O'Brien
cense, there is some very early work to provide emergency connectivity. Info at: http://pastebin.com/fHHBqZ7Q ) Thank you, -- dobr...@cpj.org Danny O'Brien, Committee to Protect Journalists gpg key: http://www.spesh.com/danny/crypto/dannyobrien-key20091106.txt