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RE: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?
From: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan () verisign com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:13:03 -0400
http://www.fema.gov/staff/extended.jsp Lists an "IT Services Division" that has ~250 possible points of contact. Surely one of them has some clue... :-/ I think this sort of problem shows the endemic disease currently in place at FEMA. It's not just an "IT gaffe" or firewall mistake. It's a failure much more serious, sadly.
ObOp: Email is NOT a reliable form of communication. DHS shouldn't start to think so either. NANOG shouldn't worry about if someones email is working as a byproduct, but sure worry if the store and forward function of an ISP is. ' Anything below that is the individual SP's problem, IMO. Perhaps there are reasons some corporate or volunteer mail service is not working i.e. blocked, disallowed on port, etc. ObNotOp: Anyone who needs to contact FEMA, already knows how. If they are using a web page address, they probably shouldn't be contacting FEMA directly, but working through their own government hierarchy.
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- Re: mail service with no mx (was - Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?), (continued)
- Re: mail service with no mx (was - Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?) Joseph S D Yao (Sep 13)
- Re: mail service with no mx (was - Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?) Tony Finch (Sep 14)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? Christian Kuhtz (Sep 13)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? william(at)elan.net (Sep 13)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 13)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? Christian Kuhtz (Sep 13)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? Randy Bush (Sep 13)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? Michael . Dillon (Sep 14)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? David Ulevitch (Sep 13)