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Re: trojans

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Originally posted by Dj Danni Boy
i hate to tell you but its impossible to shut down the net. there are networks that are not connected to the "internet". plus if there was a worm that was destroying computers left and right. it would simply be quarentined. companiess would simply connect to other networks directly. not through the internet.
But if those networks aren't part of the internet...then uhh...it's not part of the internet (but rather an intranet). It most certainly is possible to take down the internet. It's not _easy_, but it is possible. Some psycho guy could run around with a sledge hammer and bash in all of Worldcom's routers. Then do the same for AT&T and such. You'd see a bit of a slowdown (and one tired man wielding a sledge-hammer!)

Also, just because a worm is found out about doesn't mean that everybody is going to go out and patch it the instant it's found out about. Look at Codered, Codered2, and Nimda. They did a whole bunch of damage even after the patch was publically announced.

Oh yes, and redundancy is beginning to be a thing of the past for the internet. Many ISP's are beginning to get uptight about their money. For people paying $10/mo. for connectivity, what's the difference between 80% uptime and 99% uptime? For the ISP, it's quite a bit of money. Redundancy is expensive. In the big internet picture, there is enough redundancy for intercontinental stuff...but local ISP's and things like that are getting skimpy
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