North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Points of Failure (was Re: National infrastructure asset)
> Sean Donelan wrote: > > > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Bob Bownes wrote: > > > But there was a point in time when taking out a certain parking garage > > > in Va could have caused us a very great deal of difficulty. But I'd say > > > we are past that, for the most part. > > > > Are we? > > > > When 25 Broadway failed, approximately 1% of the global Internet > > routing table also disappeared. Which I would guess qualifies it > > as a "major" hub. > > But does that mean that X number of sites were unreachable, or that > there were simply Y number fewer routes to X sites? (Excluding those > *directly* affected, ie; those *in* 25 Broadway) From what point did 1% of the routing table disappear? Was the same visable from multiple, diverse points? I expect that from some perspectives, 100% of the routing table disappeared and some places didn't even see a blip. --bill
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