[Hackmeeting] Hearing Syria internet cut

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> ----- Forwarded message from Andree xxxxxx <andree+nanog@???>

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> From: Andree xxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:21:21 -0700
> To: George xxxxxx <
> Cc: "nanog@???"
> Subject: Re: Hearing Syria internet cut



> .-- My secret spy satellite informs me that at 12-07-19 10:00 PM
> George xxxxxx wrote:
>> Can anyone confirm?
>
> Yes confirmed, about 90% of the Syrian prefixes disappeared from the BGP
> tables between 13:32 and 14:13 (UTC) earlier today (2012-07-19).



And those prefixes cover the entire commercial Internet space, in effect
all of Syria was down.

There have also been reports of routing issues all day. I haven't been
able to confirm.

I honestly think we are headed towards a communication blackout.

Andrew

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lilo
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