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Or if an adversary takes down the internet, our government isn't left unable to function.
by Paul-ish 10y ago
Or if an adversary takes down the internet, our government isn't left unable to function.
- wyager 10y ago"Taking down the internet" would require some really extreme methods, on the order of EMPing large swathes of the US. It's unlikely that anything less would seriously disrupt government comms for more than a day or so. If this network is actually going to be resistant to "taking down", they could have just as effectively used this money to upgrade the public internet backbone as needed.
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- Razengan 10y agoRecalling stories like [0] or the recent "internet of things" exploits doesn't make me so sure that it would be as hard as you think. [0] https://www.cnet.com/news/how-pakistan-knocked-youtube-offline-and-how-to-make-sure-it-never-happens-again/ https://www.cnet.com/news/how-pakistan-knocked-youtube-offli...