Re:Facebook-owned sites were down
by weisk on Monday October 04, 2021 @03:28PM
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No, the backbone of the internet is not maintained with patches sent in emails.
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You are very wrong about that ;)
https://lkml.org/
You are very wrong about that
https://lkml.org/
Clearly you and the person you replied to are talking about very different things.
I think the sub-comment is confusing the linux kernel with BGP.
In a way, the Linux kernel does power the "backbones of the internet".
There are a hell of a lot of non-linux OS's running on core routers, but yes, in a way. However BGP isn't via email.
On the other hand, I and my office mate at the time negotiated the setup of a ridiculous number of BGP sessions over email, including sending configs. That was 20 years ago.
Re:Facebook-owned sites were down
by NexRebular on Monday October 04, 2021 @05:08PM
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luckily not... would be absolutely terrible to have the backbone only on linux
Interoperability and a thriving ecosystem are necessities for resiliency.
Note that resiliency and efficiency are often working against each other.