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Got a contingency plan for men with guns showing up at your cubicle and ordering you to re-route traffic to please the government?
Section 606 of the 1934 Communications Act provides for government takeover of wired and radio communication in the event of war or "other national emergency".
I'm not saying anything will happen in the next few days. Trump's state of emergency might be just talk. It might be limited to its stated purpose. It's rare for actual disasters to happen.
You've got a disaster recovery plan (DRP), though. If it's not in the next few days, a "national emergency" problem might show up sometime down the road. Does your DRP cover it?
It's hard to imagine a technical solution. This may require the company lawyer to prepare a [Layer 8] contingency plan in advance.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @11:55PM (1 child)
I could just go back to MSM if I wanted to hear that.
Anyway, this is not a new problem. Back when NATO waged war on Serbia to steal Kosovo as a foothold, some Internet blocking from the Free World to Serbia happened. Whether that was because the ISPs were ordered to, or because the execs figured it was either their patriotic duty or easy way to ensure they weren't going to jail for trading with the enemy, I can't tell. It didn't last very long though, so it was probably communicated to them that it wasn't necessary.
I am pretty sure that, were something like this to be undertaken again, it wouldn't be people with guns in my office commanding me to turn the Internet off, it would be my boss ordering me, because his boss^10 got a letter from a government agency. The people with the guns would only come if I refused.
(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Saturday January 12 2019, @02:36PM
Nah, they'd just stop paying you and give someone more compliant your job. The problem (you) would then solve itself.
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