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Growing Commercialization Threatens Net Security

dr3vil writes "The BBC is reporting that the concentration of the net's backbone in fewer hands has made it more vulnerable to attack. The report compares an attack to travel problems when traffic is disrupted at O'Hare. Hopefully someone in a position to act will pay attention."

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  1. Whoa, that's big news! by sulli · · Score: 1, Troll

    Commercialization of the Net is a Bad Thing? STOP THE PRESSES! Next thing you'll tell me is that Linux is still hard to install, and *BSD is dying!

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    sulli
    RTFJ.
  2. DUH! by SHEENmaster · · Score: 0, Troll

    In other news, Micro$oft just lost ALL of their source code.

    Two fourth level domains will never get a security update again!

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