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Re:AT&T Fiber in the SF Bay Area is flipping bits by SV_BubbleTime on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:13AM (#25342127)
Help me understand, are you saying only HTTP bits are being flipped? Because yea, if a HTTPS bit was flipped the whole packet dies. So is this issue blowing up all sorts of traffic everywhere?
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Re:AT&T Fiber in the SF Bay Area is flipping bits by X-Istence on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @02:31AM (#25342826)
Yes, all bits are being flipped. TLS connections drop because the message can't be authenticated, HTTP or other plaintext protocols will continue on with bad data.

So yes, it is blowing up all sorts of traffic everywhere. You just don't notice when it is plaintext.

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