[53784] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David R. Dick)
Wed Nov 27 07:46:55 2002
From: "David R. Dick" <drd@sii-nh.com>
To: ILazar@burtongroup.com (Irwin Lazar)
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 07:46:26 -0500 (EST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu ('nanog@merit.edu')
In-Reply-To: <53BBA8839E91D51194D200902728944ED64738@bgslc03.burtongroup.com> from "Irwin Lazar" at Nov 26, 2002 09:26:41 PM
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Doesn't that argue for a more mesh-like architecture?
>
> 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
>
