[liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

[Amin Sabeti]

Akamai graph:
https://twitter.com/akamai_soti/status/274163048263057408/photo/1

On 29 November 2012 16:45, John Scott-Railton <railton at ucla.edu> wrote:

>
> 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<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/05/fake-skype-encryption-tool-targeted-syrian-activists-promises-security-delivers>targeting Syrian activists in May of this year."
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> We are tracking and reporting the same.  Cell phone, electricity, and
>> landlines reported down in several cities.
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/Syrian.DS
>>
>>
>>
>> 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<https://mail.hrw.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=45ae12e78cf34744aa70e4cd7ba7b5e2&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.renesys.com%2fblog%2f2012%2f11%2fsyria-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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