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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday October 03 2017, @04:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-still-can't-use-Google-Maps dept.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nkorea-internet/russian-firm-provides-new-internet-connection-to-north-korea-idUSKCN1C70D2

North Korea has opened a second internet connection with the outside world, this time via Russia, a move which cyber security experts said could give Pyongyang greater capability to conduct cyber attacks.

[...] Dyn Research, which monitors international internet traffic flows, said it had seen Russian telecommunications company TransTeleCom routing North Korean traffic since about 0908 GMT on Sunday. Previously traffic was handled via China Unicom under a deal dating back to 2010. TransTeleCom now appears to be handling roughly 60 percent of North Korean internet traffic, while Unicom transmits the remaining 40 percent or so, Dyn said.

The new external connection was first reported by 38 North, a project of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

TransTeleCom declined to confirm any new routing deal with the North Korean government or its communications arm. In a statement, it said: "TransTeleCom has historically had a junction of trunk networks with North Korea under an agreement with Korea Posts and Telecommunications Corp signed in 2009."

North Korea's internet access is estimated to be limited to somewhere between a few hundred and just over 1,000 connections. These connections are vital for coordinating the country's cyber attacks, said Bryce Boland, chief technology officer for the Asia-Pacific region at FireEye, a cyber-security company.

Also at 38 North.

A story at Ars Technica, As US launches DDoS attacks, N. Korea gets more bandwidth—from Russia covers this as well, but a comment claims the link is gone:

Looks like it's already gone. They're back to just one transit peer (China Unicom) ..

6506E#show ip bgp 175.45.176.0
BGP routing table entry for 175.45.176.0/24, version 113796754
Paths: (1 available, best #1, table default)
Not advertised to any peer
Refresh Epoch 1
6939 701 4837 131279
216.218.230.129 from 216.218.230.129 (216.218.252.159)
Origin IGP, localpref 120, valid, external, best
rx pathid: 0, tx pathid: 0x0

Another source for bgp info: https://bgp.he.net/AS131279 (javascript required).


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