That's what I meant by forwarding data via "subscriber ID", or whatever a cell uses on the network.
-sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 6:25 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: This is fairly scary... > > 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
