[83051] in Cypherpunks
Re: Routing around damage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Anderson)
Fri Jul 11 19:29:13 1997
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 17:59:35 -0400 (edt)
From: Ryan Anderson <randerso@ece.eng.wayne.edu>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <199707112041.WAA07968@basement.replay.com>
Reply-To: Ryan Anderson <randerso@ece.eng.wayne.edu>
On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Anonymous wrote:
> 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.
It does.. It's just that when you lose a *large* access point, the impact
is significant. (I think that's what happened here...)
>
> >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.
>
>
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