From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 12:16:43 PDT
To: perry@imsi.com
Subject: Re: Iraqi C-Cubed I
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Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Timothy C. May says:
> > Much more important to the survivability of Iraqi C-Cubed I was their
> > use of Banyan-type networks. Links could be cut by bombs, SEAL
> > sappers, etc., and then the network would reconfigure and "heal."
> 
> This was in fact perfectly normal internet technology. I design
> networks like that all the time.
> 
> > Several U.S. companies supplied the technology, according to reports
> > in EE Times, etc., and export laws may be changed as a result.
> > 
> > (No matter, as plenty of other countries supply similar network
> > topology software. The Internet is in many countries....)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Which is precisely why I mentioned this.


--Tim May


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