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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/@jt_rebelo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jt_rebelo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mastodonmigration</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GottaLaff</a> I'd call <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> "criminally incompetent" if they didn't already leverage domestic <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiber</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GSM</a> networks as well as procuring entire transponders for exclusive use.<ul><li>I couldn't confirm X-Band use with either <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XTAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XTAR</a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BwSATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BwSATCOM</a>-2 simply because I have neither teleport access nor matching LNBs/BUCs ready, but existing press releases by <a href="https://social.bund.de/@Bundesregierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Bundesregierung</a> & <a href="https://social.bund.de/@AuswaertigesAmt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AuswaertigesAmt</a> hint that Ukraine has been upgraded to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NATO</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Link22" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Link22</a> capabilities.</li><li>Existing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIGINT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIGINT</a> & purchases show huge amounts of COTS <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KuBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KuBand</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KaBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KaBand</a> and even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cband</a>-Equipment being used since 2022, which use higher-ping <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GSO</a>|s but are easier to decoy and protect against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ElectronicWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectronicWarfare</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sabotage</a> (just by shoving the dish into a partially buried sewage pipe, making it look like a ghettohacked Copy of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BARS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BARS</a>, the Soviet-Era <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Troposcatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Troposcatter</a> CnC Radio... <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114048983272826079" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114048983272826079</a></li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mastodonmigration</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GottaLaff</a> noone relies solely on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a>, espechally given it's big-ass dishes.<ul><li>Even the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoD</a> uses <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iridium</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UHFSATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UHFSATCOM</a>.</li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SES</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Eutelsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eutelsat</a> have various commercial <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cband</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KuBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KuBand</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KaBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KaBand</a> transponders for bidirectional data from their GSOs.</li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XTAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XTAR</a> has a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xband</a>-Spotbeam.</li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> has both <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiber</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radio</a> links (civilian and military) to link together units and emplacements. Espechally direct-burial/lie-flat fiber is used because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#COTS</a> parts are cheap, commonplace and unlike copper, they can do 160km+ without amplifiers with ample of room for splices.</li></ul>Pretty shure Starlink was a mere "comfort feature" allowing units to send their drone footage from their FOB to HQ for instant <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meme</a>|fication and "scoreboard updates" but I'm shure worst-case the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NAFO</a> friends will just pack in some 2,5" SSDs and USB cases with the next supply trucks or have some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Skyhook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Skyhook</a>-Style delivery system if that was ever needed.<ul><li>I'm shure the folks in the trenches will miss YouTubing in their toilet break, but I'm shure they still have enough <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memes</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Entertainment</a> in reserve to compensate for it.</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@vwestlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@vwestlife</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Funfact</a>: In <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cband</a> dishes weren't common so <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SatelliteInternet</a> used simiar <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tuner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tuner</a> cards with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VSAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VSAT</a> terminals, usually accepting downlinks from regular commercial <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TV</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#satellites</a> that were just data channels on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASTRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ASTRA</a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Eutelsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eutelsat</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HotBird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HotBird</a> in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KuBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KuBand</a>...<ul><li>Later they got some fancy "SAT-Routers" that combines a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DVB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DVB</a>-S downlink and an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#analog</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#56k</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISDN</a> modem for uplink if not offered to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2G</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mobile</a> networks as well...</li></ul>I've got <a href="https://www.teltarif.de/arch/2007/kw30/s26648.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">one of those</a>:Basically a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Router" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Router</a> with some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> on Ethernet, Power & F-Screw-Connector on the rear, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#56k</a>& <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISDN</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Modem</a>|s and USB up-front.<ul><li>And yes, I used that to share a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dialup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dialup</a> connection with multiple devices, because they can do that!</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retro</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroTech</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroNetworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroNetworking</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computing</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Networking</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SatelliteInternet</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2000s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2000s</a>

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