Re: [funsec] Pigeon transfers data faster than S. Africa's service provider

2009-09-10 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
Date sent: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:26:53 -0400 From: David M Chess > I especially liked: > > > Telkom could not immediately be reached for comment. Did they try sending a pigeon? == (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rsl...@vcn.bc.ca

Re: [funsec] Pigeon transfers data faster than S. Africa's service provider

2009-09-10 Thread David M Chess
I especially liked: > Telkom could not immediately be reached for comment. Very appropriate in context. DC ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing

Re: [funsec] Pigeon transfers data faster than S. Africa's service provider

2009-09-10 Thread Remo Cornali
Paul Ferguson ha scritto: > http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-09-09-pigeon-faster_N.htm > As most members of the list know, this gives new clout to RFC 1149. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149 Ciao! Remo ___ Fun and Misc security discussion f

Re: [funsec] Pigeon transfers data faster than S. Africa's service provider

2009-09-09 Thread Nick FitzGerald
ferg reported: > Internet speed is expected to improve once a 17,000 km underwater fiber > optic cable linking southern and East Africa to other networks becomes > operational before South Africa hosts the soccer World Cup next year. Um -- given that Pietermaritzburg and Durban are both _with

[funsec] Pigeon transfers data faster than S. Africa's service provider

2009-09-09 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) — A South African information technology company on Wednesday proved that it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom, the country's leading Internet service provider. Internet spee