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I don't get it, do they have actual infrastructure in Russia ?
by stuckinhell 5y ago
I don't get it, do they have actual infrastructure in Russia ?
- encryptluks2 5y agoFrom my understanding, the goal here is to prevent routing to Cogent which is a backbone provider. You can see a map here: https://www.cogentco.com/en/network/network-map https://www.cogentco.com/en/network/network-map
- tpmx 5y agoNote: They are not a tier 1 network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network#List_of_Tier_1_networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network#List_of_Tier_1_...
- paganel 5y agoStupid question here, what stops Russia re-routing their traffic through, let's say India or Turkey, and then to the outer world? That is in case the West decides to stop "providing" network links directly to Russia itself.
- zamadatix 5y agoNothing, that's exactly what is happening here. It's also possible for countries to block Russia even if they transit through other countries on the way but that's something completely different.
- megous 5y agoWhat's happening is that Russia will want to cut themselves off the internet anyway. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30580456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30580456
- zamadatix 5y agoVia stupid spat reasons with Google and HE on IPv6, not via the usual meaning of Tier 1 vs Tier 2 (of which there is no official mediator of anyways) where they'd be unable to get it. It's not really worth considering them anything but a backbone provider here even if they don't meet the strict definition of a tier 1 because of those 2 standoffs on IPv6. Also Cogent sucks but I guess you could say that about most providers.