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Old 06-18-2010, 12:07 PM   #7
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Re: Internet Kill Switch

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule View Post
actually, if you kill the core dns servers that handle routing, and push blank routing tables out, you would effectively shut it down. That's why the Australian article fascinated me, most of the web is free flowing, but certain core functions are housed in the US, so this type action would not only affect us, but the whole globe. Thats a lotta power.
Yeah it would be quite easy to shut things down. In fact with how reliant we are now on the net it's only a matter of time before terrorists pull off a major attack on it.
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