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Russia plans to 'unplug' from internet
Russia is planning to briefly disconnect from the internet as part of planning for a future cyber-war. The test will mean data passing between Russian citizens and organisations stays inside the nation rather than being routed internationally.
A law mandating technical changes needed to operate independently was introduced to Russia's parliament last year.
The test is due to happen before 1 April but no exact date has been set.
The draft law, called the Digital Economy National Program, requires Russia's ISPs to ensure that it can operate in the event of foreign powers acting to isolate the country online.
[...] The test is also expected to involve ISPs demonstrating that they can direct data to government-controlled routing points. These will filter traffic so that data sent between Russians reaches its destination, but any destined for foreign computers is discarded.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Monday February 11 2019, @09:28PM
hehe nice thinking, it would be like signing the attack though. So it's probably the Chinese that will experiment a bit knowing that the blame would fall on Russians. At least, that's what Putin wants you to believe.
I suggest giving the final touches to the porn collection you built over time and that rivals the rest of the internet in quality and quantity, downloading all your email, git pulling the projects you need most, getting the full archives of your distro, getting gnunet or other mesh network software, getting server software, an alternative OS like genode or openbsd, and prepare for web 3.0, not world wide anymore.
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