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Sean, I completely agree with statement. It is not a matter of wanting to know where the importants hubs are - we have a pretty good handle on that, but what the impacts would be of a hub loss from an operational stand point. Maybe this is a discussion that needs to be off-line. My goal is to provide some context and validation for the research that is being carried out. There have been some interesting discussion on this forum about multi- provider cooperation in case of emergencies/catastropes. Your suggestion of the creation of a directory for contacts across providers was an insightful addition. I believe more discussion along these lines would be of benefit. The desire is for something high level, not any network details that could prove compromising. Thanks, sean ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean Donelan <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 5, 2002 12:48 pm Subject: Re: Vulnerbilities of Interconnection > > On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 [email protected] wrote: > > very much like to avoid doing the research in a vaccuum. I was > hoping> a discussion on NANOG wold be a good first step. The > project is quite > > hot with the politicos and I very much want to make sure to best > > recommendations are made. Formal industrsy cooperation is one > side of > > this, but I think a lot of information can be gained from an > informal> approach as well. Any and all feedback is greatly > appreciated > http://www.infosecuritymag.com/2002/sep/2002survey/voices/verylarge.sht ml > > On security reporting... > "Since Sept. 11, state, local and federal authorities have tried > to get > their arms around the potential threats to the nation's > infrastructure--including the telecommunications infrastructure. > They have > asked us questions like, 'What are your 100 most vulnerable places > in the > network?'" > > "As much as we would like to help the government in its attempt to > helpus, we believe it would be counterproductive to share such > informationwidely because if it were released, it would provide a > terrorist with a > roadmap to our key locations. Unless the government agrees that it can > protect our information, we will continue to respectfully decline such > blanket requests." > > Bill Smith > CTO and President of Interconnection Services, BellSouth > > > >
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