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Title: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: KnacK on March 17, 2009, 09:56:20 AM

THis is a great article on Pop Sci that talks about the true Internet backbone and how it works:

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-03/who-protects-intrnet

Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: blaa on March 17, 2009, 10:27:02 AM

bah... i hoped to see a funny picture of batman

Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: jitspoe on March 17, 2009, 04:25:55 PM

Quote from: blaa on March 17, 2009, 10:27:02 AM

bah... i hoped to see a funny picture of batman

The Internet is a series of tubes...

Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: RoBbIe on March 17, 2009, 04:29:52 PM

Jesus Protects the internet along with bill gates...LoL

Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: Eiii on March 18, 2009, 02:58:55 AM

No no no, that's an article about the people who protect the infrastructure of the internet. The internet is protected largely by it's inhabitants. ;)

Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: RoBbIe on March 18, 2009, 06:25:35 AM

Quote from: Eiii on March 18, 2009, 02:58:55 AM

No no no, that's an article about the people who protect the infrastructure of the internet. The internet is protected largely by it's inhabitants. ;)

That is why the internet is poorly protected

Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: KnacK on March 18, 2009, 08:05:53 AM

Quote from: RoBbIe on March 18, 2009, 06:25:35 AM

That is why the internet is poorly protected

Quite the opposite.  The Internet is self healing to a major extent.

Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: coLa on March 18, 2009, 01:36:55 PM

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Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: RoBbIe on March 18, 2009, 04:34:21 PM

knack by that i meant the viruses and etc

Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: Eiii on March 18, 2009, 11:55:52 PM

Oh, the only virus that's ever posed an actual threat to the internet was that first DNS-poisoning one. And that was really more of an exploit.

EDIT: To be clear, the internet isn't poorly protected. Your computer may be poorly protected. Some webservers may be poorly protected. But the internet, as a whole, remains relatively unscathed. The worst thing that can happen to it is censorship. :P

Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: RoBbIe on March 19, 2009, 06:22:31 AM

k i understand now thanks eiii

Title: Re: Who Protects the Internet?
Post by: Cameron on March 20, 2009, 01:35:28 AM

I just had some time to read that, very interesting :).