sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|6965|Argentina
Many things we take for granted, such as electricity, the Internet, the emergencies system and ATMs, rely on computer networks that are increasingly dependent on each other. That creates a situation where one network failure can have a ripple effect on other systems.

Now take a look at this:

Scotland Yard has uncovered evidence that Al-Qaeda has been plotting to bring down the internet in Britain, causing chaos to business and the London Stock Exchange.

What do you think would happen in such scenario?  Don't you think this would be very hard to predict?  How could any country respond to the fall of internet?  Although Scotland Yard found evidence, can you fight this?

Last edited by sergeriver (2007-04-23 11:54:13)

Sanjaya
Banned
+40|6434
You mean I wouldn't be able to play Neopets? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
konfusion
mostly afk
+480|6758|CH/BR - in UK

Darn! I wouldn't be able to play BF2 D:
No, seriously, I think it would have a huge impact on the market. Don't know how big exactly, but definitely huge.

-konfusion
M.O.A.B
'Light 'em up!'
+1,220|6430|Escea

This sounds like Die Hard 4, so all we need is John Mclane.
Real good firewalls would also help.
I didn't even think caves had internet connections

Last edited by M.O.A.B (2007-04-23 12:31:57)

GorillaTicTacs
Member
+231|6581|Kyiv, Ukraine
We always discussed this scenario, but the way the internet is constructed, it really truely is impossible to bring down the internet.  You could do it for a brief period for a few folks, say, by taking out a service provider, but definitely not the whole of UK, ever.  Even a massive scale EMP blast would only brind down less than half the networks in a given area for a duration greater than 20 minutes.

I wonder what the angle is, because they proved the "liquid bombs" scare was also scientifically impossible, yet those wonderful restrictions are making me still bag my toothpaste when I fly.

So, you need to figure out which "big brother" agenda the Brit government is trying to push down people's throats this time with the internet scare.
Ki][mE
OMG H4XOR!
+51|6771|I'm a Viking....Norway
just think what they could do with an EMP at 500 km height..... ----->click----->poof and US got dark.....

discovery FTW!
Hurricane
Banned
+1,153|6838|Washington, DC

Ki][mE wrote:

just think what they could do with an EMP at 500 km height..... ----->click----->poof and US got dark.....

discovery FTW!
We nuke em back... I bet our minuteman facilities are EMP proof...

And I'd be surprised if Mohammed Mahmoud Abdullah Abu Jihadalalabad bin Laden knew how to be a leet haxxor of teh webs.

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