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Could the Internet be taken down in 30 minutes? 1

Submitted by GhostX9
GhostX9 writes "Tom's Hardware recently interviewed Dino A. Dai Zovi, a former member of Sandia National Labs' IDART (the guys who test the security of national agencies). Although most of the interview is focused on personal computer security, they asked him about L0pht's claim in 1998 if the Internet could still be taken down in 30 minutes given the advances on both the security and threat sides. He said that the risk was still true..."
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  • The "entire Internet" is a very clear statement.
    Sean Gorman mapped out the US fiber-optic telco fiefdoms. Parts of his dissertation where "removed".
    He showed the choke points and critical links.
    Does the US gov have a kill switch at all the choke points?
    The net would still leak via sat/private networks.
    Killing DNS would kill it for most Americans not used to understanding resolving or having a cached DNS.
    This would be great for twitter or any instant direct communication from that "20s something" poin

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