As a habit I only read that author of DKos. The author, Neal, I started reading as Sacred Cow Tipper on theioldrum.com and followed when he established strandedwind.org. His day job for a decade has been a Cisco geek.

A decade ago when I set a goal of getting into the Cisco world I signed up for a Cisco Internet Routing class. Long story, short it ended up a Cisco-based Internet Routing class. Significant difference. I took the CCNA once and failed. At $100 dollar a pop and other things in my life I changed my goals.

The bad press about Mumbai, plus the natural vagaries of its geographic dislocation and the instability of the region portend international internet problems.

Int’l actors loosing DoS and phishing attacks speak for local internet firewalls. As the tech I describe does not make use of domain names or published URLs, so long as the state-wide internet framework remains viable, we’re in business.

Good for you ! Start buying your solar panels and water testing kits now ! If you’re in the market for a new car, I got a good link for that two

Inside the Meltdown by PBS is historical – but the history is still being written.

The story of the PBS piece I just watched doesn’t sound any different than the cataloging you’ve been doing here. The Great Unwind continues to unfurl. Some say it took 200 years for the Roman Empire to fall, so you got time ?

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Re: Epiphany just recognize you point of failure has been moved to the net. Speaking of which:

AS47868AS47868, owned by an ISP that is apparently based in the Czech Republic, has been spewing inappropriate AS path prepends.

Good Luck on your implementation !!!