Vulnerbilities of Interconnection

Fri Sep 6 19:57:58 UTC 2002

alex at yuriev.com wrote:

>Lets bring this discussion to a some common ground -
>
>What kind of implact on the global internet would we see should we observe
>nearly simultaneous detonation of 500 kilogramms of high explosives at N of the
>major known interconnect facilities? 

OK, what if 60 Hudson, 25 Broadway, LinX and AmsIX were all put out of
commission?

What about the major sites terminating undersea cables in an effort to
isolate the US?

Or major satellite uplink points?

Or all of them?

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Tim