[42910] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Points of Failure (was Re: National infrastructure asset)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Tue Sep 25 16:18:40 2001
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
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To: sean@donelan.com (Sean Donelan)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:40:47 +0000 (UCT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.40.0109240626430.22563-100000@clifden.donelan.com> from "Sean Donelan" at Sep 24, 2001 07:19:23 AM
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> Being at the
> end of a 6,000 foot T1 circuit to a CO is the worst of both worlds.
>
Hum... but in this case I have direct control on the
physical access to my hardware. For some, this outweighes
the "proximity to diversity" of telecoms paths. If I want
(non-authentic) copies of the data spread far and wide, thats
a service I can buy from a number of suppliers. I don't have
to put -MY- hardware close to the telecoms mesh. I want my
keyserver where I know I can protect it from barbarian hordes.
In such a case, a long, thin gauntlet might be the best choice.
--bill
