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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
Gil Levi wrote: > While it is impossible to stop someone (a terrorist) from cutting > fiber, it is possible to limit his ability to do damage. It is > possible to create alternative routes to be used in such cases. Then > while the primary route may be down, the alternate route will be used > and no terrorist should be able to locate the alternative route since > this is something known only to the telecom carrier and is definitely > not public knowledge. While this is not new to anyone, what is new is I am sure you have direct experience of networks that work like this. I have direct experience of the opposite. I am sure there is a whole bell curve distribution from bad to good - and sadly the point the bell curve tries to make it that most occurances are in the middle... Peter
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