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more on Emergency text messages and AB 2231
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 18:21:29 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu> Date: April 2, 2006 5:29:26 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] more on Emergency text messages and AB 2231 On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:01:17 -0500, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
Unintended consequences can really get you with this one. Cell phone networks are often the first telecom technology to get overloaded (or in some cases just fail completely) in an emergency.
Also note that according to some reports, sending too many SMS messages can overload the voice signaling network; see http://www.patrickmcdaniel.org/abstracts.html#abs6 --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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