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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by benbristow on Monday July 20, 2020 @10:40AM (#23898277)
Ironic since the internet (ARPANET) was specifically designed to not have a single point of failure
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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by KirinDave on Monday July 20, 2020 @11:01AM (#23898480)
Doubly ironic since in doing this, they created a system where a protocol is the SPoF; namely nonsensical or false BGP advertisements can quickly kill the internet as a whole if done correctly.
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