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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: 1) by Sulla on Saturday January 12 2019, @03:54AM (1 child)
The population of Iran is right around 80 million. I don't recall 1/4 of the population of Iran invading our country with disregard for our laws.
Iran sits over there and threatens to lob a nuke at our allies because we are bullying them. Iran, unlike North Korea, is a rational country that would not turn itself into glass to get a little of revenge. Iran is somehow a global threat yet they can't even enforce Burka laws in its own capital.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @09:36AM
the leadership there has been on-record stating they would not ever perform a first-strike with WMDs after the gas attacks on them by Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war. While I can't say for certain they would live up to that statement in a future conflict, they have not so far used such a weapon in a modern conflict, unlike the US. And while I dislike their funding support of separatist groups in other countries in the region in their own attempts at hegemony, I will note they are just following through on the same behavior the US, UK, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and dozens of other nations have been doing in the region since colonial times. Keep in mind Iran's Shah only regained power from a pro-democracy government in response to the US/UK overthrowing the rightfully elected government to ensure their control over Iran's oil reserves. Much of the Middle East's current problems are directly related to the West's meddling in their affairs in sloppy and often publicly documented fashions, rather than necessarily the original will of the people. But if you have to choose between a foreign strongman and a local one, most people will choose the local one as more likely to represent their needs, and if nothing else, easier to oust when they finally grow tired or desperate enough to throw their yoke off.