On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Juha Saarinen wrote:
"The fault, which happened around 10am, also crashed the New Zealand Stock Exchange..."
This is hyperbole, surely? I'd be fairly shocked if the NZSE internal systems themselves could be "crashed" by a fault in an external vendor. Access to the system from external points may be impacted, of course, but even then I'd have to do the Dance of Stupid[1] if the NZSE public and secure networks only used a single network provider for everything. JSR [1] You know. It's got moves like smacking yourself on the forehead, shutting your eyes while you shake your head slowly, and of course the old classic: Dragging the palms of your hands down your face while saying "Gahhhhhhh!". The Dance of Stupid. Learn it. Love it. Use it.