Running an ISP in a Warzone 258
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."
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Wuss. (Score:5, Funny)
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Linux immune to mortar attack! (Score:5, Funny)
Comcast is in Iraq?! (Score:5, Funny)
Kind of redefines.. (Score:5, Funny)
Now (Score:5, Funny)
Multiple mortar attacks? Big deal. (Score:5, Funny)
Linux? (Score:4, Funny)
All I can say is... (Score:4, Funny)
Is there anything Linux can't do?
Lol, runs on Linux (Score:5, Funny)
Bombproof Linux (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, your OS has cool graphics. But how does it stand up against a mortar attack?
They get nasty DDoS attacks... (Score:5, Funny)
They also have to watch out for TCP/IP packets that arrive out of ordnance.
Told you! (Score:5, Funny)
Linux really is a bulletproof OS!
Ping Statistics (Score:5, Funny)
So, what about a Mac? (Score:1, Funny)
But Windows systems are good in a war zone, a soldier can easily use the BSOD function.
Re:All I can say is... (Score:0, Funny)
Yes, getting you a girlfriend while under mortar attack
So many choices to troll on... (Score:5, Funny)
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....
Re:Ping Statistics (Score:5, Funny)
Re:They get nasty DDoS attacks... (Score:4, Funny)
Captured Packets? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Now (Score:3, Funny)
Re:All I can say is... (Score:3, Funny)
Be relevant to joe sixpack.
Not intended to be a troll.
survival... (Score:2, Funny)
Are they using HP Storageworks maybe?
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/49205-0-0-225
Some name... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Did I get it right? (Score:2, Funny)
Particularly effecitve against an insurgency.
Brings a whole new meaning... (Score:3, Funny)