Preparing for the Worst in IT

mplex writes "How vulnerable is the internet to terrorist attack? Is it robust enough to handle an outage on a massive scale? Should the commercial infrastructure that powers the internet be kept secret? These are the sorts of questions raised by Mark Gibbs in his latest column in Network World. 'There is an alternate route available for nearly all services through Las Vegas or Northern California serving all facilities-based carriers in Los Angeles -- all interconnected at numerous L.A. and L.A.-area fiber-optic terminals supporting both metro and long-distance cable.' Given that the internet thrives on open networks, it's hard to imagine keeping them a secret. At best, we must be prepared to deal with the worst."

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lol zonk

[Anonymous Coward]

Link in article broken, nice job editors!

Re:lol zonk

[ceeam]

How do you know terrorists did not break it?

Re:What about a boogeyman attack?

[linguizic]

Thank you my friend. I find what you say very useful. Allah smiles on you this day my friend!