Right... I agree from a technical standpoint The explanation is not plausable. If you understand how the internet works and it's architecture. It's a star network... In other words there are multiple paths to any given destination.. so it would only go down for seconds and then it would heal itself. This article or explanation isn't holding technical water...
They are talking about the BGP protocol. One fuck-up can cause this exact issue and it is slow to propagate. Look into BGP if you are not familiar. Its a surprisingly simple and flawed protocol that relies on peer's to just trust each other for updates without much verification.
I think it was Iran that did something like this ~6-8 years ago to try to ban youtube.. Instead they ended up ddosing their entire country out of the internet because they updated an external route for youtube and ended up routing the entire worlds traffic for the company through their pipes...
I didn't look into it, I am a cloud infrastructure architect it's literally my job to know this sort of shit, also as you can see I'm on here so I research everything and just remember from when it happened.
I didn't look into it, I am a cloud infrastructure architect it's literally my job to know this sort of shit, also as you can see I'm on here so I research everything and just remember from when it happened.
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happyfacemcgee ago
YEAH FUCKIN RIGHT. THIS IS A COVERUP YOU DUMBASS
Fateswebb ago
Right... I agree from a technical standpoint The explanation is not plausable. If you understand how the internet works and it's architecture. It's a star network... In other words there are multiple paths to any given destination.. so it would only go down for seconds and then it would heal itself. This article or explanation isn't holding technical water...
level_101 ago
They are talking about the BGP protocol. One fuck-up can cause this exact issue and it is slow to propagate. Look into BGP if you are not familiar. Its a surprisingly simple and flawed protocol that relies on peer's to just trust each other for updates without much verification.
I think it was Iran that did something like this ~6-8 years ago to try to ban youtube.. Instead they ended up ddosing their entire country out of the internet because they updated an external route for youtube and ended up routing the entire worlds traffic for the company through their pipes...
Fateswebb ago
Yeah uh... Nope.. that was pakistan not Iran..
level_101 ago
My mistake, though I do appreciate that you took the time to look into it.
Fateswebb ago
I didn't look into it, I am a cloud infrastructure architect it's literally my job to know this sort of shit, also as you can see I'm on here so I research everything and just remember from when it happened.
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Fateswebb ago
I didn't look into it, I am a cloud infrastructure architect it's literally my job to know this sort of shit, also as you can see I'm on here so I research everything and just remember from when it happened.