[IP] more on Emergency text messages and AB 2231

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
Date: April 2, 2006 5:29:26 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Emergency text messages and AB 2231

On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:01:17 -0500, David Farber <dave@farber.net> wrote:

> >
> Unintended consequences can really get you with this one.  Cell phone
> networks are often the first telecom technology to get overloaded (or
> in some cases just fail completely) in an emergency.

Also note that according to some reports, sending too many SMS messages
can overload the voice signaling network; see
http://www.patrickmcdaniel.org/abstracts.html#abs6

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb


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