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Re: Internet vulnerabilities


From: "Jason Lewis" <jlewis () packetnexus com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 14:40:46 -0400 (EDT)


I think the media talk about "taking down the Internet" are kind of
bogus.

Nobody has ever died because they couldn't check their email.

If the net went down for an hour, a day, or even a week I think that my
mom and the rest of the non "glued-to-their-terminal" world would
somehow struggle through and sustain a normal daily routine.

-davidu [who probably would not survive a week long net outage ;) ]

How many companies base profits on their internet connection?  While you
might survive, there would be a lot of money lost.  Disrupting the economy
seems to be the goal.



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