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Re: US fraction of world's traffic


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:58:54 -0800


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From: Patrick W. Gilmore [patrick () ianai net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:06 PM
To: David P. Reed
Cc: Patrick W. Gilmore; David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] US fraction of world's traffic

On Jan 15, 2008, at 8:28 PM, David Farber wrote:

   1. find a way to tamper with foreign switches to route
communications through the US based facilities.  Easy - just send the
right routing-table updates - whether IP or SS7, this is pretty easy.

Easy?  Wanna bet?  I have a nice wad of cash that says it is not even
remotely easy.

Especially since you are talking about ISPs & Telcos who do not pay
much attention to US courts.

--
TTFN,
patrick


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