A little over a week ago, the Iranian regime made a totally mockery out of DHS, exposed the absolute farce that is US national security, and claimed a victory for team Jihad. Under the direct orders of Ayatolla Khamenei, Iranian operatives instigated "anti-war" protests in cities all over America. I don't have an exact count on the number of protests. But, according to one of the participating websites, protests were scheduled in more than fifty cities, and I personally viewed videos of protests in at least ten different locations.
In the grand scheme of things, whether there were ten protests, fifty, or some number in between makes little difference. These were demonstrations on American soil that were initiated by the most belligerent terrorist dictatorship on the planet. The mere fact they occurred at all is an unmitigated security disaster.
In the grand scheme of things, whether there were ten protests, fifty, or some number in between makes little difference. These were demonstrations on American soil that were initiated by the most belligerent terrorist dictatorship on the planet. The mere fact they occurred at all is an unmitigated security disaster.
Putting aside the painful national security black-eye, the tactics of the regime are worth reciprocating, and there appears to be a near term opportunity to do just that...
"Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field." -Sun Tzu (The Art of War)
Over the last few days, the Iranian theo-fascsists once again flexed their tyrannical grip on internet access in Iran. Beginning late last week, the regime began blocking access to specific websites, and even went so far as to completely block all encrypted web traffic (SSL and TLS), rendering any website implementing "https" unreachable. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google are some of the websites made off-limits by the cyber-terrorists in Tehran.
The news out of Iran today seems to indicate that access to blocked protocols and websites has been at least partially restored. Unfortunately for the Iranian people, the mad Mullahs and Ahmadinejad have only just begun their campaign of cyber tyranny.
With the stated goal of "ditching the old World Wide Web in favor of a parallel network", the regime has spent somewhere around a billion dollars on the creation of an "internet that conforms to Islamic principles". This soon to be imposed Halal Internet (I'm calling it Sharia-Net), is nothing short of an attempt by the terrorist government to digitally isolate it's own citizens in a fabricated cyber world wherein facts can easily be obfuscated, propaganda injected at will, and "truth" controlled by the Islamo-fascists in power.
The news out of Iran today seems to indicate that access to blocked protocols and websites has been at least partially restored. Unfortunately for the Iranian people, the mad Mullahs and Ahmadinejad have only just begun their campaign of cyber tyranny.
With the stated goal of "ditching the old World Wide Web in favor of a parallel network", the regime has spent somewhere around a billion dollars on the creation of an "internet that conforms to Islamic principles". This soon to be imposed Halal Internet (I'm calling it Sharia-Net), is nothing short of an attempt by the terrorist government to digitally isolate it's own citizens in a fabricated cyber world wherein facts can easily be obfuscated, propaganda injected at will, and "truth" controlled by the Islamo-fascists in power.
In direct opposition to the best interest of all people in Iran (except those in the regime), and contrary to the wishes of many Iranians, Khamenei and crew endeavor to implement Sharia-Net as a means of controlling and manipulating the Iranian population. The disdain Iranians have for the coming tyranny of Sharia-Net, combined with their agitation over the censorship mechanisms and policies already in place, provides an environment ripe for exploitation, and primed for a strategically significant counter-attack.
To exploit the situation created by Iran's totalitarian overreach, the regime's attempts to control access must be continuously frustrated by providing Iranians the technical means required to remain ahead of Sharia-Net, invisible to the Halal censors, and connected to the internet in total defiance of the terrorists in their so-called government.
Successfully mitigating the regime's cyber controls stands to produce tangible victories on multiple fronts. For starters, it would irritate the regime to no end...
To exploit the situation created by Iran's totalitarian overreach, the regime's attempts to control access must be continuously frustrated by providing Iranians the technical means required to remain ahead of Sharia-Net, invisible to the Halal censors, and connected to the internet in total defiance of the terrorists in their so-called government.
Successfully mitigating the regime's cyber controls stands to produce tangible victories on multiple fronts. For starters, it would irritate the regime to no end...
"If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him." -Sun Tzu (The Art of War)
From a public relations standpoint, its seems fairly challenging to come up with a non-military operation that would produce a bigger PR win than publicly spitting in the face of the regime by openly subverting their instruments of cyber tyranny on behalf of the Iranian people. In addition, ensuring Iranian opposition groups (and other potential allies within Iran itself) are able to communicate with the outside world would be a significant tactical victory scored in advance of any military conflict. And it's conceivable that fostering a rebellious attitude toward internet controls would encourage the same type behavior in many areas of Iranian life and ultimately morph into full-scale rebellion.
Unfortunately, explaining the general concepts and pointing out the benefits of subverting the Iranian regime's imposition of Sharia-Net is the easy part. Taking the concepts and turning them into technical solutions currently harbors a much greater degree of difficulty. In fact, I have not been unable to locate ready-to-implement technologies capable of meeting the challenges on the scale necessary. But, just because the entire technical dilemma cannot be solved by what's currently available, that doesn't mean things are not headed in the right direction, or that nothing can be done in the here and now.
There are American backed initiatives in development and emerging technologies (such as Tor), which can be harnessed to irritate the Iranian regime today, and appear to hold even greater potential for the near future. So, while the fully capable technical solutions are elusive at this very moment in time, the day is fast approaching when that will no longer be the case.
There are American backed initiatives in development and emerging technologies (such as Tor), which can be harnessed to irritate the Iranian regime today, and appear to hold even greater potential for the near future. So, while the fully capable technical solutions are elusive at this very moment in time, the day is fast approaching when that will no longer be the case.
I kept getting confused if they were talking
ReplyDeleteabout our govt or Iran. The description applies to both. Most people dont realize
that most of our news is fabricated and/or
staged. Ficticious events with paid actors
who appear over and over again. White House shooter, Al alzwari of Al qaeda, Bin Laden's son, David Rothschild on global warming...all the same guy. Iran is just
mimicimg what our govt is doing.