[AusNOG] NBN must avoid becoming 'failed state'

[David Hughes]

On 18/09/2010, at 12:06 PM, Mark Smith wrote:

> Why are people seeming to pretend the NBN is something new and
> radical and that it creates a whole new set of issues? Isn't it just
> more of the same?

I don't think anyone is claiming that there's a new set of issues.  It's a bit like car maintenance.  If the brakes on your car fail due to poor maintenance on a 60 kmph road then it's an issue.  If that happens on the Autobahn then it's the same issue just with a much more significant outcome.

Security BCP's should be implemented regardless of the available bandwidth, however the end result of malicious use of unsecured networks will be much more significant when your outbound capacity increases by more than an order of magnitude.


David
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