[raybbr]

Sorry, but anyone who thinks that someone can "break the Internet" doesn't understand how it was designed.

Yeah, she writes the piece as if there is some central computer that runs the entire net. The millions of servers out there would still function.

The only way to control the 'net is to shut down communications. That's becoming increasingly harder because of all the different types of communication.

[justlurking]

The only way to control the 'net is to shut down communications.

That's what the 'Net is: communications. Everything else is either a client or a server.

Yes, there are different physical layers: cell phone, Wi-Fi, twisted pair, coax, fiber, etc. But, my point is that the 'Net is a mesh. If you take out part of the mesh, you might isolate the systems connected to that part of the mesh (if they have no alternate route).

Everything else will just route around the break. It might be slower because overall capacity has been reduced, but it doesn't isolate them.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Yeah, she writes the piece as if there is some central computer that runs the entire net

There is!