A question :
Doesn't Internap use BGP as part of its load balancing ? Don't they sell / market this service ? Isn't each Internap node connected to > 4 providers ? SO, wouldn't canceling China Telecom BGP through AT&T CW and UUnet do nothing except cause some BGP advertisement changes at Internap ? Marshall Sean Donelan wrote: > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > >>Ok here's a question, why are they sueing AT&T, CW, and UU? I see >>Listen4ever behind 4134 (China Telecom), who I only see buying transit >>through InterNAP. Wouldn't it be simpler for them to sue InterNAP? I guess >>it would sure be nice precedent, if they could make some big tier 1 >>providers do their bidding to filter whoever they want whenever they want. >> > > The problem with BGP is you only see the "best" path more than one hop > away. The network in question is reachable through transit providers other > than InterNAP, such as Concert. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/17/business/media/17MUSI.html > > The New York Times says the companies named in the suit are AT&T > Broadband (not AT&T's backbone?), Cable & Wireless, Sprint Corporation > and UUNet technologies. > > "David Farber, a University of Pennsylvania computer scientist and an > early architect of the Internet, filed an affidavit in the case, saying > it would be relatively easy for the Internet companies to block the > Internet address of the Web site without disrupting other traffic. > > "It's not a big hassle," Mr. Farber said. "There's no way to stop > everybody, but a substantial number of people will not be able to get > access." > > > -- Regards Marshall Eubanks This e-mail may contain confidential and proprietary information of Multicast Technologies, Inc, subject to Non-Disclosure Agreements T.M. Eubanks Multicast Technologies, Inc 10301 Democracy Lane, Suite 410 Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone : 703-293-9624 Fax : 703-293-9609 e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.multicasttech.com Test your network for multicast : http://www.multicasttech.com/mt/ Status of Multicast on the Web : http://www.multicasttech.com/status/index.html
