Re: Crowdstrike fiasco

On 23/07/2024 11:52, Andy Burns wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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You may recall the Government and big businesses supported X networking
propcols. X400. X 25.

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No, I don’t recall any Government “supporting” those.

 25 years ago the NHS used X.400 based email addresses

"By 1984, the international reference model OSI model, which was not compatible with TCP/IP, had been agreed upon. Many European governments (particularly France, West Germany and the UK) and the United States Department of Commerce mandated compliance with the OSI model, while the US Department of Defense planned to transition from TCP/IP to OSI. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_Wars
Once again Lawrence is simply wrong.
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