= Сообщение: 8502 из 12491 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Alexey Vissarionov 2:5020/545 04 May 19 11:55:00 Кому : Ward Dossche 04 May 19 11:55:00 Тема : This appeared in our press today ... FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:5020/545+5ccd5366 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+16331215 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+0d08201d ============================================================================== Good ${greeting_time}, Ward!
02 May 2019 20:46:40, you wrote to Anyone In Russia:
WD> This appeared in the press today here. Any truth?
None.
WD> Does it mean Fido-R50 will be isolated as well ?
Unlikely.
WD> It could be a Fido-revival using PSTN...
We've almost buried it, and that's great.
WD> Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law to isolate the WD> internet in Russia from the rest of the world.
First (and main) lye. The law (http://sozd.duma.gov.ru/bill/608767-7) was created to make the Russian part of internet immune to interventions from outside.
WD> All Russian internet traffic will from then on have to go through WD> servers in their own country.
Obviously, yes: when both sender and recipient are here, there's no any good reason for the connection to cross the border.
WD> According to the government, which published the law on Wednesday, WD> the measure must protect the country against, for example, cyber WD> attacks by other countries or prevent a worldwide failure of the WD> internet. The measure will take effect on 1 November.
The ISPs were doing that for years. Now they've got some official support (including financial, as that means more cables, IXes and DCs).
WD> Critics also see the law as a way for the government to increase its WD> control over the internet. Through the isolated network - also known WD> as the "digital Iron Curtain" - it is easier for the government to WD> censor content and monitor internet traffic and it becomes more WD> difficult to circumvent restrictions.
We have SORM-2 for almost 15 years, and that's the only one thing which generally may cause some real bother.
WD> The telecom watchdog Roskomnadzor also gets more powers to intervene.
These idiots once had made one fatal mistake: they started to use generally effective censorship methods (like those widely used in CN, EC and US) for fighting the so-called "piracy". Obviously enough, that caused predictable reaction: people (including really good networking experts) searched for circumvention methods and quickly found some.
WD> At the beginning of March, thousands of people had argued against WD> the law in Russia.
Yes, we have plenty of idiots here.
-- Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-ccxxix-lxxix-xlii
