[cooperation-wg] Undersea cables

Hi Gordon,

You mean this one?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_communications_cable

All you need is a shovel and a big axe, and a lot of patience. If you give
me enough time I might even be able to find one of those endpoints. Yes,
the problem exists, and yes, when the internet goes slower than usual there
will be panic, but from what I know is that these "connections" are more
robust than people actually think. Its a storm in a glass of water.

Julius

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 7:35 PM Gordon Lennox <gordon.lennox.13 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A new report on an old problem.
>
> <<  We must do more to protect the indispensable yet insecure internet
> infrastructure provided by undersea cables, urges Rishi Sunak MP in a new
> report published by Policy Exchange, Undersea Cables: Indispensable,
> insecure.
>
> 97% of global communications and $10 trillion in daily financial
> transactions are transmitted not by satellites in the skies, but by cables
> lying deep beneath the ocean. Undersea cables are the indispensable
> infrastructure of our time, essential to our modern life and digital
> economy, yet they are inadequately protected and highly vulnerable to
> attack at sea and on land, from both hostile states and terrorists.
>
> US intelligence officials have spoken of Russian submarines “aggressively
> operating” near Atlantic cables as part of its broader interest in
> unconventional methods of warfare. When Russia annexed Crimea, one of its
> first moves was to sever the main cable connection to the outside world.
>
> Undersea cables come ashore in just a few remote, coastal locations. These
> landing sites are critical national infrastructure but often have minimal
> protection, making them vulnerable to terrorism. A foiled Al-Qaeda plot to
> destroy a key London internet exchange in 2007 illustrates the credibility
> of the threat. >>
>
> See:
>
>
> https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/undersea-cables-indispensable-insecure/
>
> And so governments must now do something?
>
> Gordon
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: </ripe/mail/archives/cooperation-wg/attachments/20171205/055a54b4/attachment.html>