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Internet infrastructure is very complex and some minor telecom configuration mistake can easily cause non-optimal routing of packets. It seems that the accident
by majia 7y ago
Internet infrastructure is very complex and some minor telecom configuration mistake can easily cause non-optimal routing of packets. It seems that the accident is caused by an error by a Swiss data center, but somehow Chinese telecom is blamed.
- Xelynega 7y agoFrom my understanding it's an error from a Swiss data center that Chinese telecom is constantly exploiting, so blaming the Swiss telecom is blaming the victim for letting their guard down.
- toss1 7y agoPer TFA, while the initial 'seed' of the error originated in Switzerland, China Telecomm magnified and exacerbated it.
- rando444 7y agoBoth parties are to blame. The Swiss company is to blame for making the mistake. China telecom is to blame for not putting in place basic safeguards to prevent this. Typos happen, everyone makes mistakes. Luckily internet routing has a system to prevent mistakes from spreading across the internet. China is messing up this error protection system that everyone else is using by not participating. You can't stop people from making mistakes, but hopefully you can get the people who are supposed to be preventing the mistakes to do their job.