[governance] ​Russia eyes counter to Washington’s internet kill-switch – report — RT News

[Analia Aspis]

Dear Michael,

Do you have an access link for the report?

Kind regards,
Analía

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 1:38 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
wrote:

> *Sent:* Friday, September 19, 2014 8:05 PM
> *Subject:* ​Russia eyes counter to Washington’s internet kill-switch –
> report — RT News
>
> http://rt.com/news/188960-internet-blackout-russia-counter/
> Russia eyes counter to Washington’s internet kill-switch – report
>
> [image: RIA Novosti / Alexandr Kryazhev]
>
> RIA Novosti / Alexandr Kryazhev
>
> Facing a possible cut-off from the internet by the US, Russian security
> officials and IT giants are discussing the possibility to make the Russian
> sector of the net independent, according to insiders.
>
> The issue would be discussed at several closed-door events in the days to
> come, including a national Security Council session on Monday next week,
> reports Vedomosti newspaper citing a number of unnamed security and
> industry sources.
>
> The meeting of security officials, to be chaired by President Vladimir
> Putin, will to discuss the results of a July Communications Ministry
> exercise to test how robust the Russian internet infrastructure would be if
> it were subject to a massive cyber-attack. The answer to that is reportedly
> “Not robust enough.”
>
> Russia wants to, if not prevent, then at least control the potential
> damage of a confrontation in cyberspace. Particularly, it wants the ‘runet’
> - the Russian part of the internet - to be able to operate independently
> from the rest of the world in case of emergency, the newspaper cites a
> security source as saying.
>
> The goal is not to have ‘an internet of its own’, like North Korea’s. It’s
> also not about being able to shut down electronic communications in Russia
> in the face of massive riots, as Turkey and Egypt recently did, although
> such an option would be welcomed, the report says.
>
> Rather it is to ensure that if the US government uses its emergency powers
> to cut Russian IP addresses from service, then backup servers would be
> ready to step in. Back in 2012, US President Barack Obama signed an
> executive order allowing him to take control
> <http://rt.com/usa/obama-president-order-communications-770/> of all
> communications on American soil, including those crucial for the normal
> operation of the internet.
>
> The US also reportedly has a history of cutting a country off the
> internet. According to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the agency unintentionally
> caused <http://rt.com/news/180304-syria-internet-blackout-nsa/> the
> November 2012 internet blackout in Syria as it was trying to install
> spyware on one of the core routers.
>
> The possible measures, including a possible government take-over of the
> functions of the .ru and .рф domain name registrar, come amid Russia’s
> frustration with lack of progress in making ICANN, the chief internet
> protocol and domain name system body, less dependent on the United States.
> Moscow has been for years campaigning for giving ICANN’s job to an
> organization working under the United Nations.
>
> The internet independence plans however may be hurdled by technical and
> administrative difficulties, told Vedomosti the Russian internet ombudsman,
> Dmitry Marinchev. Unlike China, which developed its segment of the internet
> with the goal of keeping tight control over it in mind, Russia allowed the
> ‘runet’ to organically grow from foreign parts of the infrastructure.
>
>
>
>
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