[51705] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vulnerbilities of Interconnection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sgorman1@gmu.edu)
Thu Sep 5 13:19:08 2002
From: <sgorman1@gmu.edu>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 13:18:34 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Sean,
I completely agree with statement. It is not a matter of wanting to
know where the importants hubs are - we have a pretty good handle on
that, but what the impacts would be of a hub loss from an operational
stand point. Maybe this is a discussion that needs to be off-line.
My goal is to provide some context and validation for the research
that is being carried out.
There have been some interesting discussion on this forum about multi-
provider cooperation in case of emergencies/catastropes. Your
suggestion of the creation of a directory for contacts across
providers was an insightful addition. I believe more discussion along
these lines would be of benefit. The desire is for something high
level, not any network details that could prove compromising.
Thanks,
sean
----- Original Message -----
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Date: Thursday, September 5, 2002 12:48 pm
Subject: Re: Vulnerbilities of Interconnection
>
> On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 sgorman1@gmu.edu wrote:
> > very much like to avoid doing the research in a vaccuum. I was
> hoping> a discussion on NANOG wold be a good first step. The
> project is quite
> > hot with the politicos and I very much want to make sure to best
> > recommendations are made. Formal industrsy cooperation is one
> side of
> > this, but I think a lot of information can be gained from an
> informal> approach as well. Any and all feedback is greatly
> appreciated
>
http://www.infosecuritymag.com/2002/sep/2002survey/voices/verylarge.sht
ml
>
> On security reporting...
> "Since Sept. 11, state, local and federal authorities have tried
> to get
> their arms around the potential threats to the nation's
> infrastructure--including the telecommunications infrastructure.
> They have
> asked us questions like, 'What are your 100 most vulnerable places
> in the
> network?'"
>
> "As much as we would like to help the government in its attempt to
> helpus, we believe it would be counterproductive to share such
> informationwidely because if it were released, it would provide a
> terrorist with a
> roadmap to our key locations. Unless the government agrees that it
can
> protect our information, we will continue to respectfully decline
such
> blanket requests."
>
> Bill Smith
> CTO and President of Interconnection Services, BellSouth
>
>
>
>
