Re: [Fwd: Emerging Network Usage and Engineering Issues]

2003-08-26 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 03:20:11 PDT, NM Research <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Ofcourse I know about EMP. But what I mean is this, all international credit > cards, bank transfers, insurance, commerce deals etc. are supported, initiated, > terminated or developed in a city in USA.Even if you want

Re: [Fwd: Emerging Network Usage and Engineering Issues]

2003-08-26 Thread NM Research
Ofcourse I know about EMP.  But what I mean is this, all international credit cards, bank transfers, insurance, commerce deals etc. are supported, initiated, terminated or developed in a city in USA.Even if you want to make a bank transfer from one street to another in Kenya, you go through the

Re: [Fwd: Emerging Network Usage and Engineering Issues]

2003-08-26 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On dinsdag, aug 26, 2003, at 10:09 Europe/Amsterdam, NM Research wrote: A scenario where all the ecommerce code and routing code ( paid traffic ) would fail is if the Financial Capital City of the World is Struck in a light nuke attack. Are you, or is the code capable of handle this ? This is not

Re: [Fwd: Emerging Network Usage and Engineering Issues]

2003-08-26 Thread NM Research
A scenario where all the ecommerce code and routing code ( paid traffic ) would fail is if the Financial Capital City of the World is Struck in a light nuke attack. Are you, or is the code capable of handle this ? If so I am very comfortable. Nyagudi Musandu How do you propose we test these pro

Re: [Fwd: Emerging Network Usage and Engineering Issues]

2003-08-19 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:14:33 PDT, NM Research <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Please qualify your false statement I would appreciate - what was A-net all > about. IETF is a powerful mover, just as it spoke against spamming. Without > IETF prodding nothing would ever happen. As far as I know, the I

Re: [Fwd: Emerging Network Usage and Engineering Issues]

2003-08-19 Thread Scott Bradner
Iljitsch wrote: > The confusion that the ARPAnet supposedly had a military function stems > from the research done by Paul Baran at the RAND Corporation in the > early to mid 1960s. He proposed high-availability packet switched > network for military command and control. in case anyone is inte

Re: [Fwd: Emerging Network Usage and Engineering Issues]

2003-08-19 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On dinsdag, aug 19, 2003, at 09:14 Europe/Amsterdam, NM Research wrote: Please qualify your false statement I would appreciate - what was A-net all about. The confusion that the ARPAnet supposedly had a military function stems from the research done by Paul Baran at the RAND Corporation in the

Re: [Fwd: Emerging Network Usage and Engineering Issues]

2003-08-19 Thread NM Research
Please qualify your false statement I would appreciate - what was A-net all about.  IETF is a powerful mover, just as it spoke against spamming.  Without IETF prodding nothing would ever happen.  Imagine that UK sub crews are told to tune into BBC to check if London has been nuked, before retaliati

Re: [Fwd: Emerging Network Usage and Engineering Issues]

2003-08-18 Thread John Stracke
NM Research wrote: My answer to your question is that I want IETF, ISO and ITU to set nuclear warfare standards, It might be useful for someone to produce such standards, but they're really not in the IETF's domain of expertise. Maybe some part of ISO would be better. The internet was not

Re: [Fwd: Emerging Network Usage and Engineering Issues]

2003-08-17 Thread NM Research
My answer to your question is that I want IETF, ISO and ITU to set nuclear warfare standards, i.e. if for example you see a web site with a standard ISO NW standard you know that it has dispersed critical manpower, inventories, has an alternative transport system, reliable NW capable suppliers and