Comments on: Iran has no internet connectivity now http://polizeros.com/2008/02/05/iran-has-no-internet-connectivity-now/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:42:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ten Bears http://polizeros.com/2008/02/05/iran-has-no-internet-connectivity-now/#comment-148454 Ten Bears Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:54:04 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/02/05/iran-has-no-internet-connectivity-now/#comment-148454 <i><a href="http://homelessonthehighdesert.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/net-failure-2/" rel="nofollow">Asymmetrical Fourth Generation</a> Warfare is a double-edged sword. Attacks on infrastructure are attacks </i><i>on infrastructure, regardless whether the actor is state or not. </i>The Corporation<i> is a decidedly </i>non<i>-state actor. </i> Asymmetrical Fourth Generation Warfare is a double-edged sword. Attacks on infrastructure are attacks on infrastructure, regardless whether the actor is state or not. The Corporation is a decidedly non-state actor.

]]> By: Eli Stephens http://polizeros.com/2008/02/05/iran-has-no-internet-connectivity-now/#comment-148442 Eli Stephens Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:59:09 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/02/05/iran-has-no-internet-connectivity-now/#comment-148442 I don't know who "internettrafficreport" is. And it IS true that if I try to ping the specific router mentioned in their report (router1.iust.ac.ir) I get no response. But I can ping the others (e.g., irna.ir) just fine. Just for fun this morning, I Googled one of the other Iranian things that came to mind - Isfahan University. Here's the website that Google produces: http://www.iut.ac.ir/persian/index.php And yes, it comes up instantly, just like the rest. The claim that there is "zero internet connectivity" to Iran is bullshit, pure and simple. It seems there are problems, and I don't rule out that someone is working their way towards such a cutoff. But the claim that it exists now is flat out wrong. I don’t know who “internettrafficreport” is. And it IS true that if I try to ping the specific router mentioned in their report (router1.iust.ac.ir) I get no response. But I can ping the others (e.g., irna.ir) just fine. Just for fun this morning, I Googled one of the other Iranian things that came to mind - Isfahan University. Here’s the website that Google produces:
http://www.iut.ac.ir/persian/index.php
And yes, it comes up instantly, just like the rest.

The claim that there is “zero internet connectivity” to Iran is bullshit, pure and simple. It seems there are problems, and I don’t rule out that someone is working their way towards such a cutoff. But the claim that it exists now is flat out wrong.

]]> By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2008/02/05/iran-has-no-internet-connectivity-now/#comment-148441 Bob Morris Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:35:39 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/02/05/iran-has-no-internet-connectivity-now/#comment-148441 Read the entire post I linked to, then go to what they linked to. http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm shows 0% connectivity to Iran. Bruce Schneier is hardly one to spread unsubstaniated rumors. Read the entire post I linked to, then go to what they linked to.

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm

shows 0% connectivity to Iran.

Bruce Schneier is hardly one to spread unsubstaniated rumors.

]]> By: Eli Stephens http://polizeros.com/2008/02/05/iran-has-no-internet-connectivity-now/#comment-148433 Eli Stephens Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:12:53 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/02/05/iran-has-no-internet-connectivity-now/#comment-148433 Don't you think it would be a good idea to check before passing on rumors? <a HREF="http://www.irna.ir/en/" rel="nofollow">Islamic Republic News Agency</a>, <a HREF="http://www.presstv.ir/" rel="nofollow">Press TV</a> (Iran's al Jazeera), both with .ir addresses, both appear instantly. Don’t you think it would be a good idea to check before passing on rumors? Islamic Republic News Agency, Press TV (Iran’s al Jazeera), both with .ir addresses, both appear instantly.

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