On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Andy Dills wrote:
That's quite a "medium-scale".
Is there a single entity in the world that controls 1,000 networks and 100,000 network devices?
Its a bit like the fish that got away. People have varying ideas about how big is big. Its smaller than the Internet, but larger than a mom&pop network. Most americans consider themselves "middle-class," no matter what their net worth is. As far as a "single entity," obviously all large organizations have learned how to delegate responsibility. The US Military has about 3 million network devices connected to 3,000 networks. But no single person really controls all 3 million network devices. Its the organizational gaps between entities I'm interested in mapping. I want to discover and map the connections indviduals may know about, but no one realized how all the pieces were connected. So far the recommendations have included Cheops NetViz OpenView Intermapper