I really don't care so much about the redundancy. I'm comfortable that 2 failures severed the link from Queensland to NSW. I just don't understand why that also severed links within Queensland. It makes me think we're not using an internet, it is just a series of pipes.
On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 10:34 +1000, Morgan Storey wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > We are pretty good, most of our connections aren't overly exposed > (Some are underground all the way till they are out to sea) or are > remote enough not to matter. > There was mention of this in a podcast on secthis.com recently as to > how vulnerable the USA's connections coming in are, there are about 14 > connections, and they are mostly secured by a simple chain-link fence. > There locations are well known and easily accessable. Take these 14 > down and the USA is cut off from the rest of the world communication > wise. This could be incredibly financially crippling for the US > economy. > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: http://getfiregpg.org > > iD8DBQFIf+UIvNAHEzzZc9cRAnn3AKCc1eaLwEvgi0v/1g5fiJqJe/2+8ACgn2vL > RY65VWDE7jm9ZZdHvIWVQ1k= > =6h4e > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Null Ack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good insights there gents. > > This has me wondering how Australia's internet infrastructure > is > vulnerable to terrorist attack. Imagine the damage that could > be done. > > Unlike countries like the US, we obviously dont have the huge > conglomeration of backbone networks that would make a similar > attack > far more isolated. > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > > -- > Regards > Morgan Storey,A+, MCSE:Security. > Senior Network and Security Consultant. > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
