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....) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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