Internet traffic keeps straying, and the chance of long-term fix is slim

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

http://www.latimes.com/technology/sns-ap-us-tec-fragile-internet,0,126956.story

"In 1998, a hacker told Congress that he could bring down the Internet in 30 minutes by exploiting a certain flaw
that sometimes caused online outages by misdirecting data.
In 2003, the Bush administration concluded that fixing this flaw was in the nation's "vital interest."

Fast forward to 2010, and very little has happened to improve the situation. The flaw still causes outages every year."

Related:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9878655-7.html
(How Pakistan knocked YouTube offline)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peiter_Zatko

Juha-Matti
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