Syria Drops Off the Internet Grid 156
hypnosec writes "Amidst the ongoing civil war, Syria has gone off the Internet as of a few hours ago, with all the 84 IP block within the country unreachable from the outside. Renesys, a research firm keeping tabs on the health of the Internet, reported at about 5:25 ET that Syria's Internet connectivity has been shut down. The internet traffic from outside to Syrian IP addresses is going undelivered, and anything coming from within the country is not reaching the Internet. Akamai has tweeted that its traffic data supports what Renesys has observed."
Reader trickstyhobbit adds a report from Slate that the connection "appear[s] to have been knocked off line by heavy fighting earlier this morning. They are also reporting that the shutdown may have been intentional to aid in a government operation."
Did someone say... IP Block? (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe Syria doesn't need to come back, or if it does, maybe not with a full block. IPv4 addresses are valuable!
As we all know, (Score:5, Funny)
A communication disruption can only mean one thing.
Re:Mark my words: (Score:2, Funny)
The fight other fights are named after. Yes, this is the worst misuse of the word "eponymous" on the internet. Congratulations are in order.
Re:As we all know, (Score:5, Funny)
A communication disruption can only mean one thing.
It must be IT's fault.
which reminds me (Score:4, Funny)
of my favorite (most hated) phrase: "The [I]nternet is down(1!1!)".
I usually think to myself "yes, the entire Internet. Gone. The bastards finally did it".
Re:As we all know, (Score:4, Funny)
A communication disruption can only mean one thing.
It must be IT's fault.
They were trying to google the capitol of Syria to get past the Bridge of Death, came back with the wrong answer and they've all been cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril.
DAMMIT! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:As we all know, (Score:5, Funny)
Hello?
Yes.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Re:As we all know, (Score:5, Funny)
At least they weren't using Apple Maps, they'd have invaded Sri Lanka instead.
Oh Noes! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Dibs! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cell (sail) around it? (Score:4, Funny)
Cellular is just a last mile solution to reach the mobile devices. The actual infrastructure that carries data between cells is primarily a physical network, generally fiber, with some copper to older towers. It's not going to do much to get data in and out of the country if Syrian Telecommunications has shut off the network.
Unless you were just trying to make a joke. In that case, keep trying. Eventually you might.
Re:As we all know, (Score:3, Funny)
They finally managed to kill the sysadmin [xkcd.com] somehow?