Don't forget OFF-SITE backups in a Fire-Safe Facility of these important paper/magnetic/electronic (palm pilot, mag tape, optical storage,...) informations. At 05:16 PM 6/29/99 -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:
Seriously, though, there comes a point when you have to just trust in something. The chances of one's phone and palm both going out at the same time are fairly remote, I would expect.
Yes, paper has a 451F temperature problem, and palm pilots and cellphones have an EMP problem (not to mention a battery recharger problem). But my question wasn't about remembering the numbers. Assume some really experienced people are doing this stuff and will make sure the numbers are there and the message goes through, no matter what. Even if they have to send a messenger on foot to relay the messages like the Roman Empire. I know its difficult for engineers, but ignore the people behind the curtain.
Who would you want to be able to call to bootstrap the system back up?
Would you call CERT/CC? Or since they don't actually fix anything, is that a wasted call?
Would you call Microsoft? Or since nothing critical on the Internet depends on their products, is that a wasted call?
Nortan or Symantec? How about IANA/ICANN? CNN or AOL to say stay off the infobahn, accident and workers in the road ahead?
Or instead of corporations, would you rather individuals be on the list?
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