[liberationtech] On Burma DDoS attack

[elham gheytanchi]

I think turning off the switch can create a lot of mess- protest among governmental workers and in the society in large. The government now depends on the Internet as well. In the case of Iran, turning off the switch- for a few hours in the past- had created massive waves of protest that the government just cannot afford.
 
best,
elham gheytanchi
 
 
> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 11:18:29 -0500
> From: hroberts at cyber.law.harvard.edu
> To: piracee at hrw.org
> CC: liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu
> Subject: Re: [liberationtech] On Burma DDoS attack
> 
> It's been privately reported to me that a large majority of the sites 
> under attack appear to be private government sites. A thing to keep in 
> mind is that it's individual sites being attacked, not the network as a 
> whole (at least the sites are being targeted -- the intent may well be 
> to take down the network). I think the core question is if it is 
> government sites being attacked, why doesn't the government just null 
> route them? It'd be painful, but much less so than the whole country 
> being offline, unless the government sees a benefit in being in the role 
> of a victim.
> 
> Of course, it could be the government attacking itself for some reason 
> as well, though that seems like a lot of work when they could instead 
> just flip a switch to take themselves off the network.
> 
> -hal
> 
> On 11/4/10 11:03 AM, Enrique Piraces wrote:
> > Has anybody come across evidence that can support the claim of a
> > politically motivated attack?
> >
> > Best,
> > Enrique
> >
> >
> >
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