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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy
On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Jack Bates wrote: : : [email protected] wrote: : > However we can work to spread out the infrastructure more so that it is : > harder for terrorists to find a single point of failure to attack. If they : > have to coordinate an attack on 3 or 4 locations, there is an increased : > probability that something will go wrong (as on 9/11) and one or more of : > their targets will escape total destruction. : interconnect multiple cities as well. The wonderful thing about what we : created is that just because you shut down an exchange, doesn't mean you : shut down the network. You can remove Telehouse and even those networks : who's connectivity in the area you've killed can offload traffic via : other interconnects. Granted, this means more money spent as traffic : raises on other routes. : : Granted, there are ways to limit local damage, but those are usually : secondary to the overall network and a little manual intervention can : usually bring an emergency circuit up in a local market. Do you think : the destruction of telehouse would have everyone else saying, "I'm sorry : and sympathetic to your needs, but we just don't have the time right now : to let you through this fiber path or place equipment in our facility." : : : -Jack (learns about interconnects which are thousands of miles away, of : no use to his network, but which he hopes to be lucky enough to see someday) : :
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