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It is always events like these that make me ponder if the Internet will devolve into regional Internets, which still wouldn't necessarily prevent or stop any de
by chrononaut 6y ago
It is always events like these that make me ponder if the Internet will devolve into regional Internets, which still wouldn't necessarily prevent or stop any determined attacker from performing these types of attacks. So perhaps it's never.
- natchy 6y agoI think you could have both, one national network and another global network.
- gumby 6y agoIts like a firewall at the edge of your network: doesn't really protect you as any attacker that can get to the other side has free reign. You need defense in depth. By the way, a piece of pedantry apropos a recent HN article: "...the Internet will devolve into regional internets." I.e. there is one Internet that connects to essentially everything; regional networks can practice internet working but aren't the proper noun "Internet"
- Shared404 6y agoI'm being pedantic, and I apologize in advance. > internet working Wouldn't it be inter-networking/internetworking or internet networking?
- gumby 6y agoI typed that on my phone and it auto"corrected" to add a space in internetworking. I'll leave the error in place and just post this comment instead even though I still have time to edit it.
- Shared404 6y agoFair enough. Like I said, I was being needlessly pedantic and it still communicated just fine.
- octoberfranklin 6y agoI think that's the answer. In order for a country to cut itself off effectively enough, it has to be (a) huge enough to replicate any service its citizens might want that is found elsewhere and (b) authoritarian enough to crush/jail/imprison/ostracize them for circumventing it. So far even Russia hasn't managed both. I don't think any country but China can pull it off, so we're looking at worst case a Real Internet and a ChinaNet. The only other countries that will succeed will be backwater countries dooming themselves to perpetual backwater status (I can name a few but won't).
- kart23 6y agoEven China has no chance at this. Western movies, music, cars, imported designer brands, etc. The upper class can't live without these things. You'll have problems with your own people once they are so connected with the outside world.