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Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy
From: Scott Weeks <surfer () mauigateway com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 05:41:29 -1000 (HST)
On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Jack Bates wrote: : : Michael.Dillon () radianz com wrote: : > However we can work to spread out the infrastructure more so that it is : > harder for terrorists to find a single point of failure to attack. If they : > have to coordinate an attack on 3 or 4 locations, there is an increased : > probability that something will go wrong (as on 9/11) and one or more of : > their targets will escape total destruction. : interconnect multiple cities as well. The wonderful thing about what we : created is that just because you shut down an exchange, doesn't mean you : shut down the network. You can remove Telehouse and even those networks : who's connectivity in the area you've killed can offload traffic via : other interconnects. Granted, this means more money spent as traffic : raises on other routes. : : Granted, there are ways to limit local damage, but those are usually : secondary to the overall network and a little manual intervention can : usually bring an emergency circuit up in a local market. Do you think : the destruction of telehouse would have everyone else saying, "I'm sorry : and sympathetic to your needs, but we just don't have the time right now : to let you through this fiber path or place equipment in our facility." : : : -Jack (learns about interconnects which are thousands of miles away, of : no use to his network, but which he hopes to be lucky enough to see someday) : :
Current thread:
- Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Adam Kujawski (Jul 08)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Jared Mauch (Jul 08)
- RE: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Deepak Jain (Jul 08)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Pete Kruckenberg (Jul 08)
- Soviet era maps of Moscow (was Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy) Sean Donelan (Jul 09)
- Re: Soviet era maps of Moscow (was Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy) N. Richard Solis (Jul 09)
- Soviet era maps of Moscow (was Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy) Sean Donelan (Jul 09)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Eric Kuhnke (Jul 08)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Leo Bicknell (Jul 09)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Michael . Dillon (Jul 09)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Jack Bates (Jul 09)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Scott Weeks (Jul 09)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Peter Galbavy (Jul 09)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Barney Wolff (Jul 09)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Eric Kuhnke (Jul 09)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Charles Sprickman (Jul 09)
- Missle Silos (was: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy) John Osmon (Jul 09)
- Re: Missle Silos (was: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy) Eric Kuhnke (Jul 10)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Jack Bates (Jul 09)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Jared Mauch (Jul 08)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy E.B. Dreger (Jul 10)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Peter Galbavy (Jul 10)
- Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy Rubens Kuhl Jr. (Jul 11)