* Steven M. Bellovin:
I have more than a passing aquaintance with the complexity of phone
switch software; doing that was *hard* for anyone, especially anyone
not a switch developer.
Isn't Ericsson's switching software written in Erlang, is highly
modular and officially supports run-time code
From a non-technical perspective, at least one death may be
linked to the incident. A communications expert who was working on the
switch apparently commited suicide, but this has been
questioned by some.
It was recently concluded that there was no foul play involved in his tragic
death.
The Greek cellular wiretapping scandal was the subject of a front-page
article in today's Wall Street Journal. (It's
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115085571895085969.html?mod=hps_us_pageone
for subscribers.) The broad outlines of the story are familiar to anyone
who has been following