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Internet Atlas maps the physical internet to enhance security

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Re: Internet Atlas maps the physical internet to enhance security

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Makes me sad that something "new" still requires Flash in 2017 :/

Makes me happy the OP didn't have Flash installed. Fingers crossed they didn't install it just to see the site.

I didn't :-)

Re: Internet Atlas maps the physical internet to enhance security

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chuckle World Series of Internet. The article carefully avoids providing a link to the actual site, but it is here: http://internetatlas.org/

It's 2017 and this thing needs flash... sigh. Thanks for the link.

A site trying to "enhance security" at that. Maybe the job security of bot herders.

Re: Internet Atlas maps the physical internet to enhance security

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This is somewhat odd, but in the Terms and Conditions on the original site it prohibits linking to the site from any other site or document...

I prohibit you from _not_ linking to it. It's roughly the same legal argument.

Nah, copyright law prohibits by default as I read it. Then, author selectively grants permissions.

Re: Internet Atlas maps the physical internet to enhance security

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It's not the first internet atlas, and I'm not sure how detailed it is (cant open it because of Flash), or how accurate and what bias it may have either (I see that it is US Govt DHS funded). Last year I helped develop The New Cloud Atlas https://thinkwhere.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/the-new-cloud-at... which is essentially a custom map rendering of Internet and Telecoms infrastructure from OpenStreetMap. If you want t…

Fascinating blog post and project; thank you for sharing. It would be nice if the Atlas were available over HTTPS.
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