Iran plans to unplug the Internet, launch its own "clean" alternative

Re:Iran plans to unplug the Internet, launch its own "clean"... by thaumaturgy on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @01:30AM (#3820841)

Keep in mind that Iran has had two major data security compromises (that we know of) targeting their nuclear enrichment facilities, slowing down their timetables and costing them quite a bit of money.

If I had to come up with tactics for preventing any further problems like that, "let's look at the example from China" would certainly be on the table.

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Re:Iran plans to unplug the Internet, launch its own "clean"... by nextparadigms on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @01:47AM (#3820894)

So why are they connecting the nuclear facilities to the Internet anyway? And why can't they just built an intranet only for the nuclear facilities. Sounds like a false reason with a different agenda behind it to me.

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Re:Iran plans to unplug the Internet, launch its own "clean"... by sliverstorm on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @01:57AM (#3820920)

They aren't. If memory serves, the infection vector for Stuxnet was supposedly a flash drive.

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Re:Iran plans to unplug the Internet, launch its own "clean"... by Desinderlase on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @03:29AM (#3821181)

So why do they think that isolation from the internet will make things safer for them?

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Re:Iran plans to unplug the Internet, launch its own "clean"... by btown on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @04:34AM (#3821319)

IMO it's entirely because they're worried about another Arab Spring. If they control the only Twitter and the only Faceburqa, it becomes much more difficult for protesters to organize on that scale.

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Re:Iran plans to unplug the Internet, launch its own "clean"... by alanh on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @02:09AM (#3820951)

The actual article quotes the government official as saying the Internet incites “atheism” and other supposed moral evils. :)

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