If it's using some sort of proxy, you'd think they'd map the IP address to some specific phone identifier. It's not like they're using little dlink/linksys/netgear boxes with limited state tables.
Or are they? On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 15:08, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know enough about how cell phones really deal with IP traffic, but it > almost sounds like the IP address sits on an AT&T proxy that then forwards > the data over the cell net to the phone via its subscriber ID, or the like. > > While not exactly alike, the satellite IP systems I used to work with had > some interesting architecture in order to act like an IP endpoint, which they > weren't truly. Systems in the middle had to map IP addressed to "VSAT > ID's".... if that system got it's wires crossed I could see how something > similar might happen. > > -sc > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 5:53 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: This is fairly scary... >> >> ATT FUBAR? How did this happen, I wonder, and did it affect more than >> facebook? >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100115/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_at_ >> t_glitch ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
