Akamai is a large Content Distribution Network. It hosts content from Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and lots of other big name companies and uses geographical association to IP addresses to direct network traffic to the appropriate download location that is closer to the client.
Any attempt at an Internet killswitch, would have to recognise that there are many critical services that rely on the net being up, innocents will die if the internet was taken down 100% and many services will simply stop functioning.
A targeted kill switch will use services such as Akamai and Cloudflare to block availability of social Media sites or MSM sites or whatever.
Akamai is a large Content Distribution Network. It hosts content from Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and lots of other big name companies and uses geographical association to IP addresses to direct network traffic to the appropriate download location that is closer to the client.
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Probably a bad analogy but I think of these giant DNS registrars as a sort of internet phone book.
You have Ip 8.8.8.8 and they know that is google.com
Just like john smith is (123) 456-7890
When a DNS goes down, if you type in the website, it doesn't know what IP to go to and it times out or you get an error.
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Akamai > I AM ALSO KNOWN AS
Just noticed that backwards. Interesting.
Yes I was asking this! See my post!!!
Any attempt at an Internet killswitch, would have to recognise that there are many critical services that rely on the net being up, innocents will die if the internet was taken down 100% and many services will simply stop functioning.
A targeted kill switch will use services such as Akamai and Cloudflare to block availability of social Media sites or MSM sites or whatever.
Akamai is cabal, based in Cambridge, MASS. Had a founder who was former Israeli military and was (cough) killed in the 9/11 attacks.