Just for the record: This was purely a communication exercise. The scenario was just an excuse to get people to talk to each other. Technical realism was not a goal in this exercise.
One can argue whether the assumptions on the availability of the PSTN was warranted or not, but given the fact that a good number of the involved teams had no direct contact prior to this exercise, this exercise was a worthwhile first step.
For once, I can check how many people have really RTFA (or at least fetched the
I really didn't expect we'd make slashdot with that report. Well, any exposure help to get people to patch.
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