One thing that comes to mind right away is that more & more companies are replacing private-circuit based WANs by Internet-VPNs, & thus, when the Internet is down, their "network" is down; even more, if they depend on any SaaS (from Salesforce.com for CRM to Maximo for Asset management), or, in general, XaaS (AWS, Rackspace, etc.), for critical business systems, a fast-growing trend, the Internet is their "backbone." On Jun 6, 2013 2:45 AM, "michael gurstein" <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is probably not a Liberation issue directly but I'm not sure where > else > to address it... > > Sunday I was flying (Porter Airlines--small short hop Canadian carrier) > from > NYC to Ottawa, ON with a plane change in Toronto. When we arrived in > Toronto > we were informed that "because the Internet was down" planes were not able > to land or depart. The company's service was completely shut down for > roughly 4 hours until the "Internet service" was restored (presumably by > their ISP). > > I understand that other airlines have had similar experiences recently. > > My question... how exactly is Internet service so intertwined with flight > operations that service can function only if the Internet is operational? > (And I guess the Liberation angle... if this is now pervasive for all > airlines what is the hackable element of all this and where are the points > of vulnerability etc.etc.? > > M > > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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