On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Joe Greco <jgr...@ns.sol.net> wrote: >> Generally speaking, it will be treated as damage and routed around. > > That fable only really stands a chance when the damage is accidental; in > the case where such "damage" is being deliberately inflicted, particularly > by government, it gets more complicated. A lot of the 'net is a little > more centralized than it ought to be in order to allow the "routed around" > concept to work successfully. > > ... JG
BTW, I forget, when was the original ARPANET spec of surviving a nuclear war tested? I mean, we do know what would happen, right? Yes, Joe, the ARPANET fable does lives on. Bruce Williams