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"On January 31, 2009, Google blocked access to virtually the entire internet for 40 minutes." - Please explain how Google created a denial of service attack on
by mmcconnell1618 7y ago
"On January 31, 2009, Google blocked access
to virtually the entire internet for 40 minutes." - Please explain how Google created a denial of service attack on the entire internet for 40 minutes. Clearly, Dr. Epstein believes that the only way to access the internet is through a search engine.
- judge2020 7y agoWhile his claim is false (they didn't take down the internet), Google would be the "only" [default] gateway to the internet for a large portion of users if it weren't for: mobile app stores browsers auto-completing frequent websites (eg. searching for "apple" vs your browser auto-completing "apple.com").
- justinclift 7y agoBGP misconfiguration?