On a lighter note..

Fri Apr 10 12:46:05 UTC 2009

On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:07:05 -0500
jamie rishaw <j at arpa.com> wrote:

> It's amusing to see the media's (misdirected) focus on the event.
> 
> Expected : MULTIPLE COORDINATED FIBER CUTS TAKE OUT 911, PHONE, CELL,
> INTERNET TO TENS OF THOUSANDS
> Google News:  AT&T uses Twitter ...
> (link)<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10216712-94.html>
> 
> *shakes head*
> 
I liked the commenter on sfgate.com who suggested that this showed the
necessity of implenting RFCs 1149 and 2549.  (At
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/comments/view?f=/c/a/2009/04/09/BAP816VTE6.DTL&o=25
I believe.)


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb