Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 15 hours agoWhat’s an obscure but concrete technical fact that keeps creating preventable issues in the real world?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s an obscure but concrete technical fact that keeps creating preventable issues in the real world?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 15 hours agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·15 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Gateway_Protocol I’m surprised we don’t have global internet outages more often.
minus-squarebobzrkr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoAlso, the route back to the source host doesn’t have to be same as the route out.
minus-squareAssassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·12 hours agoDNS constantly has weird little issues and attacks, same with ARP. Meanwhile, BGP just keeps on chugging along in the background, ignored and unappreciated, day in and day out.
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 hours agoBut when it stopschuggingalong it’s a glorious mess.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Gateway_Protocol
I’m surprised we don’t have global internet outages more often.
Also, the route back to the source host doesn’t have to be same as the route out.
DNS constantly has weird little issues and attacks, same with ARP. Meanwhile, BGP just keeps on chugging along in the background, ignored and unappreciated, day in and day out.
But when it stopschuggingalong it’s a glorious mess.