interesting net vulnerability



http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/31/internet.blackout.asia
"The outage, which is being blamed on a fault in a single undersea
cable, has severely restricted internet access in countries including
India, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and left huge numbers of people
struggling to get online.

Observers say that the digital blackout first struck yesterday
morning, with the Egypt's communications ministry suggesting it was
caused by a cut in a major internet pipeline linking it to Europe.

The line in question runs under the Mediterranean, from Palermo in
Italy to Alexandria in Egypt. It is not clear what caused the break.
The cable is one of only a handful of connections, and part of the
world's longest undersea cable, 24,500 miles long, running from
Germany, through the Middle East and India before terminating in
Australia and Japan."


paranoia peeps above the parapet

"He said the lack of information about the outage meant that many
people had been left wondering if the Egyptian authorities - who have
previously jailed online critics and threatened to close down websites
they deem a threat - had blocked web access in an act of censorship."

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