Internet Iran

[skyring]

Fascinated by news and video coming out of Iran after the rigged election. Looks like the Twitterverse is getting events out on a moment by moment basis. Just heard that tanks are in action against protesters. http://iran.twazzup.com/

In earlier news, baton-wielding police on motorbikes attacked a peaceful demonstration. One bike was brought down and the rider cared for by the crowd: http://www.tinyvid.io/UN

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Information warfare

[gummihuhn.livejournal.com]

Information warfare is a strange and confusing thing...

This post has an interesting bit about that:
Proxies for Iran

The government is blocking all the obvious IP addresses for people trying to organize and get news out of the country, but anonymous proxies provide a lot of non-obvious routes onto the net. I'm trying to get something set up at home myself.

There are a lot of punches being thrown by both sides - for example, some people with proxy servers have reported a lot of denial-of-service garbage coming in from blocks of Russian and Chinese IP addresses.

Completely invisible and everywhere all around you, must be maddening for the old generals with their tanks and their bombers...