Re: Routing around damage

[Ryan Anderson <randerso@ece.eng.wayne.edu>]

On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Anonymous wrote:

> Remember "the internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around
> it"?  I'd be happy with an internet that interprets DAMAGE as damage and
> routes around it.

It does.. It's just that when you lose a *large* access point, the impact
is significant.  (I think that's what happened here...)

> 
> >A minor construction accident in San Jose, California, caused
> >three hours of Internet slowdowns this morning, especially for
> >those trying to connect to and from West Coast Web sites.
> 
> >Backbone Internet providers route requests and information
> >through about a half-dozen network access points (NAPs).
> >When one has a problem, it can affect the entire Internet.
> 
> 


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