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Re:Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down by johncolanduoni on Friday December 05, 2025 @05:21AM (#46159356)
We need a set of down detectors that all detect if each other are down, and produce an answer via quorum.
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Re:Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down by ipnon on Friday December 05, 2025 @06:33AM (#46159913)
I think CAP theorem says this is impossible.
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Re:Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down by johncolanduoni on Friday December 05, 2025 @06:50AM (#46160035)
Only if the internet partitions in such a way that a quorum is impossible. Cloudflare is not quite that essential.
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