[83046] in Cypherpunks
Routing around damage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Fri Jul 11 17:38:51 1997
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 22:41:47 +0200 (MET DST)
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: nobody@replay.com (Anonymous)
Reply-To: nobody@replay.com (Anonymous)
Remember "the internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around
it"? I'd be happy with an internet that interprets DAMAGE as damage and
routes around it.
>A minor construction accident in San Jose, California, caused
>three hours of Internet slowdowns this morning, especially for
>those trying to connect to and from West Coast Web sites.
>Backbone Internet providers route requests and information
>through about a half-dozen network access points (NAPs).
>When one has a problem, it can affect the entire Internet.
