One Broken Router Takes Out Half the Internet? 412
Silent Stephus writes "I work for a smallish hosting provider, and this morning we experienced a networking event with one of our upstreams. What is interesting about this, is it's being caused by a mis-configured router in Europe — and it appears to be affecting a significant portion of the transit providers across the Internet. In other words, a single mis-configured router is apparently able to cause a DOS for a huge chunk of the Net. And people don't believe me when I tell them all this new-fangled technology is held together by duct-tape and baling wire!"
Few stories back... (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry (Score:5, Funny)
My bad. I never should have cut that tape.
Re:Few stories back... (Score:5, Funny)
Nuclear Sub? Is that a new sandwich from Subway?
"The all new Subway Nuclear Sub: It glows in the dark! Get a lotta green for a little green! Now only $5.99 for a 12-inch! Subway: Eat Fresh!"
You get Duct tape? (Score:5, Funny)
I lost a router (Score:5, Funny)
And took out THE _WHOLE_ INTERNET!!!!!
It's true! Ask my wife!
Oops (Score:4, Funny)
Sorry, I *told* Mustafa not to drop the anchor there! But does he listen to me? No...
Oblig. I.T. Crowd (Score:5, Funny)
What is Jen doing with The Internet??
Re:Yep, Its true (Score:5, Funny)
Now I really don't know all that much about large-scale networking so maybe someone could explain this to me. What difference does it make if the router is rouge, versus say, green? or black?
Thanks for any insight :)
Re:Half the internet? Are you serious? (Score:5, Funny)
A router takes out 'half the internet' and I learn this from Slashdot?
Non, no, no. You messed up the troll and got modded "Insightful". Let me fix that for you:
A router takes out 'half the internet' and this is front page news at Slashdot? Slow news day?
Thank you, I'll be here all week...
Re:Few stories back... (Score:3, Funny)
Make sure you are using cat 5 bailing wire. (Score:5, Funny)
Make sure you are using cat 5 bailing wire.
-- Terry
It took out 9000 internets (Score:4, Funny)
In other words, a single mis-configured router is apparently able to cause a DOS for a huge chunk of the Net.
This means the router was able to take out over 9000 internets. Quite impressive.
Re:You're doing WHAT with the wire? (Score:4, Funny)
Main Entry: bail
Function: verb
Date: 1613
transitive verb
1 : to clear (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side usually used with out
2 : to clear water from by dipping and throwing usually used with out
Bailing Wire = Internet Tubes
I'm not sure I follow (Score:3, Funny)
If I'm understanding this 'router' thing correctly, its like a faucet connected to the series of tubes?
If not, exactly what role does this router thing play in tube interaction?
Re:Yep, Its true (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yep, Its true (Score:5, Funny)
Now I really don't know all that much about large-scale networking so maybe someone could explain this to me. What difference does it make if the router is rouge, versus say, green? or black?
So they announced a route that was, shall we say, malformed. Part of the problem is that due to a Cisco bug (CSCdr54230), some routers choke on it instead of ignoring it. The bug is fixed. It was fixed some time ago. Nonetheless, it's a pretty bad bug, labeled as "1 - catastrophic" by Cisco (in red letters, even). Routers still running affected code versions are having issues.
And it's only at this point in writing my reply that I realize you were taking advantage of a pun by way of misspelling. I'll leave my reply anyway ;-)
Re:Ditto the A.C. (Score:5, Funny)
> It must have been the "half the Internet" that I don't use.
The non-pr0n half.
Re:Make sure you are using cat 5 bailing wire. (Score:5, Funny)
You forgot to mention.... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Oblig. I.T. Crowd (Score:3, Funny)
Googling Google on google?
Re:Intelligence Op (Score:5, Funny)
They need to replace it with a network that is designed to survive a nuclear attack. Oh wait, hang on....
Re:Yep, Its true (Score:4, Funny)
Everyone knows rouges are overpowered, just ask any mage.
Am I being too vauge? (Score:5, Funny)
That's the problem. You shouldn't use rouge on your routers.
They think a rouge router is in vouge, but they're out of their leauge. We should haranuge them! A plauge on them! Rip out their tounges so they cannot aruge! Them and their colleauges. Nothing but demagouges and idealouges I say. There can be no dialouge on this matter. Send them to the moruge!
Are you intriuged by my ideas and want to subscribe to my travelouge?
Re:Pre-FUD propaganda (Score:1, Funny)
>Stop pitching it, statist drones.
When you say 'statist drones' I picture you in your mother's basement wearing her mascara and listening to Rage Against the Machine loudly. How close am I?
Re:Ditto the A.C. (Score:5, Funny)
> It must have been the "half the Internet" that I don't use.
The non-pr0n half.
Such a place exists? 0.o
Re:Pre-FUD propaganda (Score:5, Funny)
You left out 'updating your myspace page', 'writing poetry about how no-one understands' and 'cutting yourself'
Re:Few stories back... (Score:5, Funny)
That is actually correct. The sub shop in Bremerton (West Coast port for Trident Ballistic Missile Submarines, SSBN-726, etc.) sells the Trident Nuclear Submarine Sandwich with an extra serving of horseradish somewhere in the middle of it. It'll light your hair on fire, or, in my case, turn my scalp red.
Re:Yep, Its true (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, Mages are known for powdering their cheekbones. Rogue's on the other hand, like to stab people in the back.
I'll bite... (Score:4, Funny)
OVER 9000?!
Re:Half the internet? Are you serious? (Score:5, Funny)
A router takes out 'half the internet' and I learn this from Slashdot?
Seriously, what is/was the impact? I work for a large e-commerce provider and haven't seen a thing that would indicate a problem today.
Well I'm not sure about you.
Personally, I have BIGGER news! A single router in a remote rural US state managed to take down the ENTIRE INTERNETS!!!!
Yes, indeed when I noticed my cat had unplugged the power adapter, I replaced it. Then the ENTIRE internet came back! It was amazing how I single-handedly brought back the whole internets. Al Gore would be proud.
Re:I lost a router (Score:5, Funny)
Which one is true? A lost router took out the whole internet, or you have a wife?
Re:I lost a router (Score:5, Funny)
Are you saying that you accidentally the whole Internet?
Duct Tape and Bailing wire? (Score:3, Funny)
Sounds like our lab where we try to make a quantum bit.
"network event" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Am I being too vauge? (Score:5, Funny)
*calls 911*
I think I just witnessed a brutal murder...of a spell checker. Gotta hide my dictionary!
Lord of the Token Ring!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Welcome to Sauronet... One Router to Rule them ALL!!!!
Re:Duct-tape and bailing wire (Score:4, Funny)
We're all out of gum.
Re:Intelligence Op (Score:5, Funny)
Don't worry, it wasn't a DOS attack. That was just the Internet becoming self-aware.
OK, on second thought, maybe worrying is in order.
Re:Intelligence Op (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, this was my first thought as well. It seems clear that the internet, while designed to route traffic through all sorts of alternate links, is almost certainly being routed through single, centralised listening posts at various intervals.
Re:Yep, Its true (Score:5, Funny)
Rouge is overpowdered!
Re:Intelligence Op (Score:5, Funny)
The last time I experienced a DOS attack it evolved into Windows. Didn't come out of that one unscathed.
Re:Yep, Its true (Score:3, Funny)
Wasn't the internet designed to withstand WW3?
Well originally yes. Over the years other needs have dictated a different direction to take it in. These days it is designed not so much to withstand WW3, but to withstand WoW3 (and up).
The WHOLE Internet... (Score:4, Funny)
Are you saying that you accidentally the whole Internet?
No, no, no, I thought I lost the whole Internet. Then I realized it was just that moron in Accounting again who accidentally put it in his Recycle Bin again.
Re:Intelligence Op (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Intelligence Op (Score:1, Funny)
Pointy-haired bosses should be considered WMD's!
In which case the US would still be the most heavily-armed nation in the world.
Re:Duct Tape and Bailing wire? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Intelligence Op (Score:4, Funny)
True, but more people would be interested in disarmament talks. :)
Re:I lost a router (Score:5, Funny)
Is that bad?
Re:Few stories back... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Intelligence Op (Score:2, Funny)
Re:BGP (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ditto the A.C. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Half the internet? Are you serious? (Score:3, Funny)
Yes it do's, like in:
Cat's, dog's, fishe's, women's, boobie's, hammer's, house's etc's
Re:Intelligence Op (Score:3, Funny)
The internet isn't nearly as bulletproof as the DoD would like and there isn't much they can do about it short of laying new fiber that skips over the vulnerable points.
Yes, the DoD certainly couldn't afford to lay new fibre. Do you know how much that stuff costs? The DoD's whole annual budget of $515 billion would only pay for a billion kilometres or so of the stuff. That's just barely enough to get to Mars and back (with ten thousand circuits of the Earth thrown in as small change), or one-way to Jupiter.
Be reasonable.
Re:Few stories back... (Score:3, Funny)
We soften it to make it suitable for drinking in large quantities. How do you think we maintain our shapely physiques?!?