OUTAGE: Known Iraq public Internet service
In the last few hours, all the public Internet hosts I knew were physically in Iraq (i.e. connected through the Iraqi state provider), have stopped responding. I don't know the cause (power failure, telecom failure, physical damage, shutdown by administrator, etc). Of course, this does not mean there are no IP-enabled devices operating within Iraq's physical borders. The Iraq government and military may have private IP networks, not connected to the Internet or connected in ways I don't know about. Likewise the US military and various news media are carrying IP enabled devices in southern Iraq, but I don't know their IP addresses. I also believe in Kurdish controlled areas have seperate Internet connections.
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Sean Donelan wrote:
In the last few hours, all the public Internet hosts I knew were physically in Iraq (i.e. connected through the Iraqi state provider), have stopped responding. I don't know the cause (power failure, telecom failure, physical damage, shutdown by administrator, etc).
The Associated Press reported Iraq's Information Ministry Internet server was on the 10th floor of the Information Minstry's building. That portion of the building was destroyed by a Tomahawk missle. Uruklink's street address appears to be very close to the Information Ministry, but I don't know Iraqi postal addresses and roads well enough to know the relationship between them. Whether Uruklink and the Information Ministry were one and the same.
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Sean Donelan