[67912] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 statement concerning 2/23 events (nothing to see, move
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen J. Wilcox)
Wed Feb 25 10:16:45 2004
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:15:53 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>
To: Pete Templin <petelists@templin.org>
Cc: Colin Neeson <colin@oriel.com.au>, <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <403CACA0.6070508@templin.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
So cmon, forget the statement, anyone know what actually happened.. ?
Steve
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Pete Templin wrote:
>
>
> Are you sure no one died as a result? My hobby is volunteering as a
> firefighter and EMT. If Level3's network sits between a dispatch center
> or mobile data terminal and a key resource, it could be a factor
> (hospital status website, hazardous materials action guide, VoIP link
> that didn't reroute because the control plane was happy but the
> forwarding plane was sad, etc.).
>
> And if the problem could happen to another network tomorrow but could be
> prevented or patched, wouldn't inquiring minds want to know? Your life
> might be more interesting when the fit hits the shan if you have the
> same vulnerability.
>
> Colin Neeson wrote:
>
> >
> > Because, in the the grand scale scheme of things, it's really not that
> > important.
> >
> > No one died because of it, the normal, everyday events of the world went
> > on,
> > unaffected by a Level 3 outage...
> >
> > Might be nice to know what happened, but my life will certainly not be
> > less interesting by not having that knowledge...
>
>
