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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: 3, Insightful) by looorg on Monday February 11 2019, @11:33PM
Whatever makes you believe that things will become better when Putin goes? Why would his handpicked puppet replacement somehow do things differently? They have a system in place, it works for them. Sure it might suck a bit, or much, for the population in general but that is hardly their main concern.
What? Please share your drugs, they seem to be amazing. So Putin goes, his sockpuppet replacement is nowhere to be found and that would somehow bring back democracy (when was there "democracy" last time?) and is Russia collapsing or uniting into the USSR again .. I lost track there somehow. Shouldn't you return to a monarchy then with a tsar? Ahh you lost me. Wow those are some amazing drugs ...