craig@NNSC.NSF.NET (Craig Partridge) (12/16/88)
Hi folks: Is anyone currently using computer networks in a situation in which if they were denied access to the network, a human being would suffer harm (e.g., suffer injury or even die)? I ask because I'm (finally) writing up a paper on fair allocation of resources in computer networks and want to know if, in fact, denial of service has consequences substantially more severe than simply forcing an application to try again later. Thanks, Craig