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Network stress can easily be unintentional. This seems to be a common factor in major outages at FAANGs. Something gets overloaded, fails over to another system
by harles 5y ago
Network stress can easily be unintentional. This seems to be a common factor in major outages at FAANGs. Something gets overloaded, fails over to another system that’s then overloaded, leading to cascading failures.
There’s a big chance this is an attack, but it’s good to have an open mind.
- bravetraveler 5y agoHeck, one can stress a network by plugging a cable into the very same switch it comes from! Or... a bad BGP announcement leading to misrouting, the possibilities are endless. Guessing from the outside is exactly that