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Running an ISP in a Warzone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the frag-the-line dept.

musatov writes "SGT Coughanour, David A (HHC 1-110th Infantry US Army) speech on NOTACON 3: "Right now I am currently serving in Iraq where I run IT operations for a small chunk of the Sunni triangle. One of the major projects that we have accomplished here is setting up an ISP that supports 350 subscribers. It has also survived multiple mortar attacks, and is built entirely on Linux." Download video (80 MB QuickTime) Requires latest QuickTime installed. A mirror is available for people to download it."

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  1. Wuss. by XorNand · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used to work at an ISP in Detroit.

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  2. Wow by Xest · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it IS possible to run an ISP in Manchester (UK) after all!

  3. Linux immune to mortar attack! by CockMonster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who'd a thunk it?

  4. Comcast is in Iraq?! by 6350' · · Score: 5, Funny

    Multiple mortar attacks would explain a lot about my isp.

  5. Kind of redefines.. by mike2R · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bulletproof hosting..

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  6. Now by kryten_nl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that's running Linux in sandbox mode.

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    1. Re:Now by MrHeartbreak · · Score: 3, Funny

      SandBAG mode, more like.

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  7. Multiple mortar attacks? Big deal. by Overzeetop · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they can survive putting an 80MB video file on the front page of /., well, lets just say I'll be far more impressed.

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  8. Linux? by Squalid05 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux...easy.. The hard task is doing that with Windows.

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  9. All I can say is... by Billosaur · · Score: 3, Funny
    It has also survived multiple mortar attacks, and is built entirely on Linux.

    Is there anything Linux can't do?

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    1. Re:All I can say is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Is there anything Linux can't do?

      Yes, getting you a girlfriend while under mortar attack :P

    2. Re:All I can say is... by rootofevil · · Score: 2, Funny

      Gain consumer acceptance.

      Be relevant to joe sixpack.

      Not intended to be a troll.

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  10. Lol, runs on Linux by Pinefresh · · Score: 5, Funny

    but you have to DL quicktime for windows to watch the video

  11. Bombproof Linux by Garridan · · Score: 2, Funny

    See. If he hadn't been running Linux, I don't think he'd have uptime through those mortar attacks. Windows just can't handle that kind of abuse. I think that's an oft-forgotten selling point of Linux that should be cited more often.

    Yeah, your OS has cool graphics. But how does it stand up against a mortar attack?

  12. They get nasty DDoS attacks... by b1t+r0t · · Score: 5, Funny
    Distributed Dispersal of Shrapnel, that is.

    They also have to watch out for TCP/IP packets that arrive out of ordnance.

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    1. Re:They get nasty DDoS attacks... by tmasssey · · Score: 4, Funny
      Do I smell a new RFC coming? IP over Ordinance? Certainly faster than IP over Avian Carrier, even if it *does* have QoS...

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  13. Told you! by Weaselmancer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux really is a bulletproof OS!

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  14. Ping Statistics by kaoshin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, KIA = 0 (0% KIA)

    1. Re:Ping Statistics by Odiumjunkie · · Score: 4, Funny

      TTL = ~13 minutes

  15. So, what about a Mac? by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 1, Funny

    When the a Mac in the war zone they have a display an small IED (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive _device ) on the screen?

    But Windows systems are good in a war zone, a soldier can easily use the BSOD function.

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  16. So many choices to troll on... by Gothmolly · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lets see, there's the Linux angle, with optional (anti)piracy garnish.
    Then there's the Iraq angle.
    Then there's the "we should be feeding people before we bother to set up ISPs in the 3rd world angle".

    Gosh.

    S/N ratio dropping to zero in 10...9....8....7....

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  17. Captured Packets? by slashbob22 · · Score: 3, Funny

    KIA packets are fine, you know they are dead. You have to watch out for those MIA (Missing in Action) packets. I would imagine that your enemy is trying to capture as many as possible and then interrogate them to get some useful information.

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  18. survival... by mengu · · Score: 2, Funny

    It has also survived multiple mortar attacks

    Are they using HP Storageworks maybe?

    http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/49205-0-0-225- 121.aspx?bodycontentparams=320065-0-0-0-121&ERL=tr ue
  19. Some name... by Perseid · · Score: 2, Funny

    NOTACON? Sounds like an ISP funded by Nixon.

  20. Re:Did I get it right? by epgandalf · · Score: 2, Funny

    It should be:
    Particularly effecitve against an insurgency. /Fark reference, originally "Not particularly. . ."

  21. Brings a whole new meaning... by tobiasly · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...to the term DMZ.