Thought this might
be worth passing on:
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 attac
*sigh*
Joe has almost got it. Apparently a Jim of ICG sent an e-mail to a
large collection of NOC contacts -- one of which was ours -- asking
about a holiday moratorium. It hit our (digitalwest.net) ticketing
system (RT2) which stripped off the Cc: line so I didn't see it when I
responded via
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Can anyone think of a reason why this sort of traffic should be routed at
> all? Does anyone actually drop hosts on to addresses ending in x.x.x.0?
Generally not for end-stations since end-users tend to have broken
software with lousy assumptions