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The Android IM app that brought T-Mobile's network to its knees
- RK 16y agoPerhaps most interestingly, T-Mobile wrote that its network has come under significant strain from Apple's iPhone. ... USA Today in 2009 reported--citing unnamed sources--that T-Mobile had 300,000 unlocked iPhones running on its network.
- jrockway 16y agoA T-Mobile spokesperson was not immediately able to provide details on the incident, including when and where it happened and what application, developer and vendors were involved. That sure adds to the credibility. I totally believe that this happened now!
- kogir 16y agoSounds like they currently run their network in "trusted" mode. They need to start treating all clients as potentially rogue and malicious. The internet at large suffered similarly when it grew to general use and is now better for it on many levels.
- jrockway 16y agoAnd the areas that refused to change are the most flaky parts of the infrastructure. No authentication of the "From" field in email? Well look at all that spam. No 3-way handshake for DNS? Well look at all that DNS cache poisoning. The problem is that once the insecure infrastructure is "good enough", nobody adopts the improvements. See also: NAT vs. IPv6.
- bsiemon 16y agoCatching criminals is too difficult with civil liberties.
- tomjen3 16y agoSeems like T-Mobile should upgrade their network.