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| Russia succeeds in separating itself from the Internet |
The Russian government announced that it had completed a series of tests that successfully separated the country from the global Internet. The test has lasted for several days since last week. Russian government agencies, local Internet service providers and local Russian Internet companies participated in the test.
The goal is to test whether the country's national Internet infrastructure (referred to as RuNet in Russia) operates without access to the global DNS and the external Internet, since Internet traffic is internally redirected, making RuNet the largest Russian intranet. the world.
The government has not released any technical details about the test, and has just mentioned that it has tested many segregation systems, including those that simulate hostile foreign cyber attacks, and the government told a news conference that the experiment was successful.
"It is generally clear that the telecommunications authorities and their operators are ready to respond effectively to the potential risks and threats," said Alexey Sokolov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Information. "And make sure that the internet and unified communications networks operate in Russia. Test results will be presented to President Putin next year."
These successful tests were planned and approved by the Russian government for several years, and major modifications were made to the domestic Internet infrastructure in Russia. The tests were scheduled for April this year, but were postponed until the fall of this year to give the Kremlin more time to allow the palace to adopt the accompanying law. There is an "Internet sovereignty" law.