[liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

[John Scott-Railton]

Update via contacts: some mobile calls working for calling into Damascus.  Others not.

J

On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Morgan Marquis-Boire <morgan.marquisboire at gmail.com> wrote:

> Note the following in the Renesys post: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/syria-off-the-air.shtml
> 
> "Now, there are a few Syrian networks that are still connected to the Internet, still reachable by traceroutes, and indeed still hosting Syrian content. These are five networks that use Syrian-registered IP space, but the originator of the routes is actually Tata Communications. These are potentially offshore, rather than domestic, and perhaps not subject to whatever killswitch was thrown today within Syria. 
> 
> These five offshore survivors include the webservers that were implicated in the delivery of malware targeting Syrian activists in May of this year."
> 
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org> wrote:
> Rafal,
> 
> Thanks for sharing. 
> 
> Anyway I can access the details - without - having to login to Facebook.  Thanks!
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> On 2012-11-29, at 10:03 AM, Rafal Rohozinski wrote:
> 
>> We are tracking and reporting the same.  Cell phone, electricity, and landlines reported down in several cities.
>> 
>> https://www.facebook.com/Syrian.DS
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>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 29, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Enrique Piraces <piracee at hrw.org> wrote:
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>>> http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/syria-off-the-air.shtml
>>> 
>>> Is anyone else monitoring this?
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Enrique Piraces
>>> Human Rights Watch
>>> https://www.hrw.org.org
>>> https://www.twitter.com/epiraces
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