Comments on: rm -rf cable* http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/ The views of one man on security, privacy and anything else that catches his attention. The views expressed on this blog do not reflect the views of my employer or anyone other than myself. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Moez http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Moez Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:50:27 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/#comment-1204 And now, 5. http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/02/06/1431206.shtml And now, 5.
http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/02/06/1431206.shtml

]]> By: Greg http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 Greg Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:15:58 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/#comment-1181 I agree, a fourth makes this "look" less and less like coincidence. I didn't know a fourth had been cut until I read your post. I saw a SANS posting the other week on the cuts, and one of the points the post made was that the backup cables could be failing due to a (major) increase in usage now that the main cable is down. I agree, a fourth makes this “look” less and less like coincidence. I didn’t know a fourth had been cut until I read your post. I saw a SANS posting the other week on the cuts, and one of the points the post made was that the backup cables could be failing due to a (major) increase in usage now that the main cable is down.

]]> By: Martin http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 Martin Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:50:20 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/#comment-1179 It looks like the fourth one wasn't cut so much as it has power problems that are making it very flaky. Before I get serious about this being a conspiracy, I want to know what someone would gain from cutting the Middle East off from the Internet? I can imagine that some of the countries affected would be perfectly happy if their citizens never got Internet access again, but no so much that they'd be willing to cut these cables themselves. The first repair ship should be arriving today. While I doubt we'll get the whole truth as to what really happened, it should be interesting to read the stories coming from the repair ship. It looks like the fourth one wasn’t cut so much as it has power problems that are making it very flaky. Before I get serious about this being a conspiracy, I want to know what someone would gain from cutting the Middle East off from the Internet? I can imagine that some of the countries affected would be perfectly happy if their citizens never got Internet access again, but no so much that they’d be willing to cut these cables themselves.

The first repair ship should be arriving today. While I doubt we’ll get the whole truth as to what really happened, it should be interesting to read the stories coming from the repair ship.

]]> By: Ben http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Ben Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:42:52 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/#comment-1178 Slashdot reports a fourth cable cut in less than a week. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/04/0158249 Increasingly looks like there might be something to your conspiracy theory. :) Slashdot reports a fourth cable cut in less than a week. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/04/0158249 Increasingly looks like there might be something to your conspiracy theory. :)

]]> By: Jeff Martens http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Jeff Martens Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:46:27 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2008/02/01/rm-rf-cable/#comment-1164 Thumbing through Google News it looks like the first two, off Alexandria, Egypt, were broken by possibly a single anchor dropped in the wrong place. But Egyptian authorities are apparently denying this, saying it was a no-go area and review of video shows no ships in the area when the cut occurred; Khalleej Times <a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/February/theworld_February77.xml&section=theworld&col=" rel="nofollow">article</a>. I don't see any explanation for the third, 56km off Dubai. And now a fourth connecting Qatar and the UAE has reportedly been cut between Haloul and Das. See http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i03tUdyj8wf2Xa9P4trWEjqAJdyQ It will be interesting to see what's going on. Thumbing through Google News it looks like the first two, off Alexandria, Egypt, were broken by possibly a single anchor dropped in the wrong place. But Egyptian authorities are apparently denying this, saying it was a no-go area and review of video shows no ships in the area when the cut occurred; Khalleej Times article.

I don’t see any explanation for the third, 56km off Dubai.

And now a fourth connecting Qatar and the UAE has reportedly been cut between Haloul and Das. See http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i03tUdyj8wf2Xa9P4trWEjqAJdyQ

It will be interesting to see what’s going on.

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