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Non-oceanic internet distribution might mitigate concerns raised in the article. [1] [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/space...
I don't think wireless technology will ever be able to compete with fiber for bandwidth. You can cram incredible amounts of data through glass. It's on the order of Petabits/second for a single strand.
Does anyone know if the data flowing across cables like these is typically encrypted? Does the infrastructure itself provide any defense against a submarine hacking into a cable and installing a device that can monitor traffic? I would hope that the infrastructure could add its own encryption across the link to defend against unauthorized interception.
Typically not.
Non-oceanic internet distribution might mitigate concerns raised in the article. [1] [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/space...
A more resilient choice is troposcatter [1], which has evolved since the 50s [2][3]. A nice property of troposcatter is that it's difficult to intercept and difficult to disrupt between the origin and the destination.
Of course, such a system still lacks the bandwidth for day-to-day commercial usage, by orders of magnitude.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropospheric_scatter [2] http://www.comtechsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Tro... [3] http://www.mwrf.com/systems/troposcatter-system-maintains-50...
Non-oceanic internet distribution might mitigate concerns raised in the article. [1] [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/space...
Satellites are a poor choice for this particular problem (i.e. when you think an adversary may cripple your communication capabilities), because they can be disrupted, especially if your adversary is one of the premier states in spaceflight and weaponry. A more resilient choice is troposcatter [1], which has evolved since the 50s [2][3]. A nice property of troposcatter is that it's difficult to intercept and difficul…
Given that it's 2017 and a huge fraction of the traffic is HTTPS anyway, is there any practical benefit to this?
Given that it's 2017 and a huge fraction of the traffic is HTTPS anyway, is there any practical benefit to this?
and not too long ago a big portion of Internet were rerouted to Russia (BGP). One must wonder what they are up to.
Perhaps the Russian is mapping the world’s Internet, particularly on identifying critical infrastructure which without them would paralyze the world.
My theory is based on North Korea. Imagine NK owns its own cable (I believe they just have its own country interent, but still rely on the global cables) or is successful to hijack while severing communication of the rest of the world, NK can strike its adversaries without worries. Apply this to Russian. We are so dependent on the Interent (think dns and ntp), we are doomed if we can’t communicate (let alone getting emergency alert).
Btw, I can’t help but have to leave a note about the last part of your username... :)
Of course Russia could be doing that in response to US activity.
Given that it's 2017 and a huge fraction of the traffic is HTTPS anyway, is there any practical benefit to this?
Might be worth the cost, too, since then there's no reason for people to cut your cables.