[53780] in North American Network Operators' Group
Risk of Internet collapse grows
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Irwin Lazar)
Tue Nov 26 23:27:21 2002
From: Irwin Lazar <ILazar@burtongroup.com>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:26:41 -0700
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Thought this might be worth passing on:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2514651.stm
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2514651.stm>
There is a recent book out called "Linked: The New Science of Networks"
which details the potential for causing widespread Internet damage by
targeting a few hubs instead of random or widespread attacks against large
numbers of hosts. This simulation seems to backup the author's concerns.
Irwin
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<DIV><SPAN class=437321504-27112002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thought this might
be worth passing on:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a recent book out called "Linked: The New
Science of Networks" which detai<SPAN class=437321504-27112002>ls the
p</SPAN>otential for causing widespread Internet damage by targeting a few hubs
instead of random or widespread attacks against large numbers of hosts.
This simulation seems to backup the author's concerns.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Irwin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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