Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 6:02 PM Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf () dessus com> wrote:
> Why would anyone with anything important to say use somethingmail.com
>
> Somethingmail.com is not e-mail.  It is a Giggle Gaggle Google thing.

huh what?
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somethingmail.com. 172795 IN NS ns2.allnotrisk.com.
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> The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> On Behalf Of Scott Weeks
> > Sent: Sunday, 29 December, 2019 15:38
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic
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> > --- jhellenthal () dataix net wrote:
> > From: "J. Hellenthal" <jhellenthal () dataix net>
> >
> > Yeah sorry to say any email list or not is going to be one
> > of the things that are not going to get through unless ...
> > you’ve taken extra measures to circumvent that.
> >
> > Personally, email would be the easiest to block behind
> > riuting.
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> > After I sent the email I started to realize I likely
> > misunderstood.  I hesitated to correct that to the list,
> > but here I go. :)
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> > > queues can be written to media, physically transported
> > > in/out, and then injected either into an internal or
> > > external network seamlessly modulo the time delay.
> >
> > I believe he meant similar to *nix boxes where you could
> > just copy the files in $HOME/mail (or where ever it is)
> > onto media and once the data is out of the country it can
> > be copied onto another mail system's $HOME/mail and then
> > shared with the unblocked part of the internet.  Not a
> > user account on somethingmail.com, but rather the entire
> > $HOME/mail of all accounts and mailed to someone else who
> > is somewhere else on a regular basis.  Also, the reverse
> > path for receiving mail in the repressive country.
> >
> > A good idea either way.  KISS works. :)
> >
> > scott
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> > --
> > J. Hellenthal
> >
> > The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven
> > says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.
> >
> > > On Dec 29, 2019, at 15:57, Scott Weeks <surfer () mauigateway com> wrote:
> > >
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> > >
> > > :: If you're trying to get information in/out of a
> > > :: society that is raising network barriers to
> > > :: realtime communication, then you need methods
> > > :: that don't rely on a network and aren't realtime.
> > >
> > >
> > > This is a great idea, but 99.9% of folks use GUI
> > > email. :-(
> > >
> > > scott
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> > > --- rsk () gsp org wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
> > > To: nanog () nanog org
> > > Subject: Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic
> > > Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:11:23 -0500
> > >
> > >
> > > And this is why, despite all the disdainful remarks labeling such
> > > things as "antiquated", mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups are vastly
> > > superior to web sites/message boards/et.al. when it comes to
> > facilitating
> > > many-to-many communications between people.  Why?  Well, there are many
> > > reasons, but one of the applicable ones in this use case is that their
> > > queues can be written to media, physically transported in/out, and then
> > > injected either into an internal or external network seamlessly modulo
> > the
> > > time delay.  And because the computing resources required to handle
> > this
> > > are in any laptop or desktop made in the last decade, probably earlier.
> > >
> > > If you're trying to get information in/out of a society that is raising
> > > network barriers to realtime communication, then you need methods that
> > > don't rely on a network and aren't realtime.
> > >
> > > ---rsk