[113368] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: On a lighter note..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Fri Apr 10 08:48:26 2009
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:46:05 -0400
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
To: jamie rishaw <j@arpa.com>
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On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:07:05 -0500
jamie rishaw <j@arpa.com> wrote:
> It's amusing to see the media's (misdirected) focus on the event.
>
> Expected : MULTIPLE COORDINATED FIBER CUTS TAKE OUT 911, PHONE, CELL,
> INTERNET TO TENS OF THOUSANDS
> Google News: AT&T uses Twitter ...
> (link)<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10216712-94.html>
>
> *shakes head*
>
I liked the commenter on sfgate.com who suggested that this showed the
necessity of implenting RFCs 1149 and 2549. (At
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/comments/view?f=/c/a/2009/04/09/BAP816VTE6.DTL&o=25
I believe.)
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
