René Ladan wrote: > an article about the Russian government and ISPs restricting the internet in > Russia: > https://www.zdnet.com/article/russia-successfully-disconnected-from-the-internet/ >
I don't get what is the big news about it? I mean, the news is that they are doing a terrible thing that provides them a false sense of security, ideas of censorship and isolation which I am totally against and strongly discourage, but this article says that "the Russian government did not disclose any technical details" -- sounds like they invented some super ultra cyber security solution that they want to keep top secret. In reality, it is only BGP rules about traffic manipulation. Of course such rules can be more or less complex, since there might be ISPs in Russia with AS numbers that are not only in Russia territory, but then again it can be done much more simply than described in the article and it's not such a master piece of engineering as pictured in that article. The only problem is that, while it was meant to counter cyber attacks, it provides a false sense of security. This is the only reason why other countries are not doing it, not because they don't have the "magic technical solution" or they don't know how to code BGP rules :) It does not worth the downside of someone simulating cyber attacks to their protected institutions and triggering constant disconnects from the global internet, destroying business there and causing terrible financial losses. Having an authority within the country responsible for such decisions is also not good, as it gives power to the people there to game the system in their own benefits. This is not why the internet was invented, to the contrary it was invented to abolish such things and evil practices.
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