Facebook-owned sites were down

Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by _joel on Monday October 04, 2021 @03:44PM (#28751184)

I think the sub-comment is confusing the linux kernel with BGP.

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Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by nacs on Monday October 04, 2021 @03:55PM (#28751276)

In a way, the Linux kernel does power the "backbones of the internet".

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Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by _joel on Monday October 04, 2021 @03:59PM (#28751332)

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.

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Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by dsr_ on Monday October 04, 2021 @08:31PM (#28754139)

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.

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Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by NexRebular on Monday October 04, 2021 @05:08PM (#28752102)

luckily not... would be absolutely terrible to have the backbone only on linux

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Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by dsr_ on Monday October 04, 2021 @08:32PM (#28754150)

Interoperability and a thriving ecosystem are necessities for resiliency.

Note that resiliency and efficiency are often working against each other.

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