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Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows
- From: David Diaz
- Date: Wed Nov 27 08:22:53 2002
Title: Re: Risk of Internet collapse
grows
I think this is old news. There was a cover story back in
1996 time frame on Mae_east. We have to ask how likely is
this with many of the top backbones doing private peering over local
loops, how much damage would occur if an exchange point where
hit?
I have 2 different questions. 1) In the current
environment, are peering circuits running fuller then in previous
years. I ask after there has been questions on UUNET/L3 Capacity
in europe etc. If the case is so, then an attack in one peering
location/region might cause major problems as other peering sessions
become overloaded.
2) Wouldnt an attach on particular servers that are NOT
redundant have a more significant affect? Are microsoft's
servers mirrored?
Just posing a scenario.
Thought this might be worth passing
on:
There is a recent book out called
"Linked: The New Science of Networks" which details the
potential for causing widespread Internet damage by targeting a few
hubs instead of random or widespread attacks against large numbers of
hosts. This simulation seems to backup the author's
concerns.
Irwin
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David Diaz
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