The Internet Kill Switch
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Well If by chance President Obama does shutdown the internet from the threat of a cyberattack it won't be permanent. It's basically like the off switch on your computer.
By non-expert understanding, the two vectors for taking down the internet are taking root DNS hosts offline, and disabling internet backbone links.
In either case, you're just talking about switching off a computer or set of computers. Pretty much no matter what you do, you're not destroying content, so much as disabling access to it. Even if you take out a lot of access infrastructure, that sort of thing can be re-established.
By non-expert understanding, the two vectors for taking down the internet are taking root DNS hosts offline, and disabling internet backbone links.
In either case, you're just talking about switching off a computer or set of computers. Pretty much no matter what you do, you're not destroying content, so much as disabling access to it. Even if you take out a lot of access infrastructure, that sort of thing can be re-established.
Card Slinger J said:
No he (and I and some other people in this thread) are anti-virus. Which is a good thing. If you think keeping the Internet on if there's a huge cyber attack is right, you need to rethink your life and your clear addiction.
dmaster out.
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I think you're taking this a little too seriously. So what if the internet dies for a while? I'd rather have no internet rather than no anything dealt with electronically (just off the top of my head, global banking).
And you can't deny the fact that "The Internet Kill Switch" does sound like a really horrible band.
And you can't deny the fact that "The Internet Kill Switch" does sound like a really horrible band.
^yeah, it does.
dmaster said:
Gee thanks for making fun of me... -____-
Alot of people don't want to lose the internet for good, besides like the explanation I gave earlier it's not permanent at least I hope not.
I'm not sure if this is world wide, but in my country a computer + internet has been deemed one of the first necessities of life. Meaning it violates human rights to take it away. This is because a lot of people need it to work, or to find work.
And yeah, one country can't just shut down the Internet for everyone.
And yeah, one country can't just shut down the Internet for everyone.
Card Slinger J said:
LOL I wasn't making fun of you, I was simply stating how strong you feel about the Internet going.
And who said the Internet would be leaving forever once an attack hits? It could be turned back on eventually...
dmaster out.
"Sir, a fly has just landed on the screen! Should we shut down the Internet?"
"YES, immediately!!!"
Something like that is bound to happen.
Anyway, the fact they would give this much power to one person alarms me. I suppose it would be effective, but it seems like it would be devastating to many people. Although some wouldn't get affected since they don't have Internet access, this seems like too much responsibility for one person. Even if it had to be possible, I would feel more comfortable if the responsibility belonged to the U.N. or another organization.
"YES, immediately!!!"
Something like that is bound to happen.
Anyway, the fact they would give this much power to one person alarms me. I suppose it would be effective, but it seems like it would be devastating to many people. Although some wouldn't get affected since they don't have Internet access, this seems like too much responsibility for one person. Even if it had to be possible, I would feel more comfortable if the responsibility belonged to the U.N. or another organization.
The big problem with this is not that people can't get their cards or whatever, it's that the goverment has too much power. Sure, this would be helpful should a mass security attack like that ever happen, but giving one man, one organization, so much power is not a good idea (particulary since the U.S. government has almost always been cauldron of power-drunken, corrupt people).
The more the government is involved, the easier and more likely it is for things to get messy. The U.S. government is already slipping into control of many major industries in the U.S., where it has no business staying. Though, I suppose being able to flip it on or off is not necessarily being in total control of it... Still. The point is that no human or government should ever have too much power.
I wish I had a personal Internet kill switch though. Sometimes I just hate the Internet D:
The more the government is involved, the easier and more likely it is for things to get messy. The U.S. government is already slipping into control of many major industries in the U.S., where it has no business staying. Though, I suppose being able to flip it on or off is not necessarily being in total control of it... Still. The point is that no human or government should ever have too much power.
I wish I had a personal Internet kill switch though. Sometimes I just hate the Internet D:
This is the same Joe Lebierman nutcase who said that Video Games will result in a mass genocide by our youth.
I'm pretty sure they move this man from place to place using a leash. This isn't going to be passed.
I'm pretty sure they move this man from place to place using a leash. This isn't going to be passed.
Mimebread said:
^LOL
I think it would be something like this:
"Sir, someone just tagged you on your Youtube account. What 5 facts shall you use?"
"Hmmmmmm... Fact 1 should be: I am now shutting down the internet. Now STOP TAGGING ME!!!!11!!11!!!!"
idk, I specialize in failing.That you do!Hatman said:^LOL
I think it would be something like this:
"Sir, someone just tagged you on your Youtube account. What 5 facts shall you use?"
"Hmmmmmm... Fact 1 should be: I am now shutting down the internet. Now STOP TAGGING ME!11!!11!!!!"
I am in full support of the government having as much power as it needs. Shutting down the internet for a tick is not too much power, any more than the ability to launch nuclear missiles is.
Because we once tried out having a very loose central government and that was called the Articles of Confederation.
Zenith said:
Ok. Now, randomly thought the day for no other reason than I can, I will turn off my neighbors internet. I promise you I will not only annoy them, but probably disrupt what their doing.
YOU'RE SUPPORTING LIBERMAN! This man doesn't eat crazy flakes, he made them and banned them from The Netherlands.
