[liberationtech] Iran "National Internet" RFP?

[Rafal Rohozinski]

I would be interested in seeing this as well.

The recent press reports around Iran's plans for a national information network appear to repeat an article that was published last year on a website in time for the Iranian version of "april fools day".  While it's reasonably clear that the Iranians have increased their capability to impose granular filtering on the national Internet, and have made fairly clear statements about the building of national Internet resources, it appears highly improbable that they possess  the willingness or the capability to build a disconnected national intranet. 

That said, if anyone can track down this RFP please post it to the list.

R


On Apr 13, 2012, at 12:12 PM, Shaddi Hasan wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've heard that there was a recent Iranian RFP for censorship
> technologies floating around, but I haven't been able to find it
> anywhere. I figured the folks on this list might be able to point me
> in the right direction or be able to confirm that no such thing
> exists.
> 
> Feel free to reply off-list...
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Shaddi
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