[136895] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Weekend Gedankenexperiment - The Kill Switch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alastair Johnson)
Sun Feb 6 06:12:43 2011
In-Reply-To: <6EFFEFBAC68377459A2E972105C759EC03539EE1@EXVBE005-2.exch005intermedia.net>
To: "Ryan Finnesey" <ryan.finnesey@HarrierInvestments.com>,
"Fred Baker" <fred@cisco.com>,
"Hayden Katzenellenbogen" <hayden@nextlevelinternet.com>
From: "Alastair Johnson" <aj@sneep.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 11:12:29 +0000
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: aj@sneep.net
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