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Duke Research Experiment Disrupts Internet Traffic
alphadogg writes with this excerpt from Network World about an experiment gone wrong which affected a big chunk of internet traffic yesterday morning: "It was kicked off when RIPE NCC (Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre) and Duke ran an experiment that involved the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) — used by routers to know where to send their traffic on the Internet. RIPE started announcing BGP routes that were configured a little differently from normal because they used an experimental data format. RIPE's data was soon passed from router to router on the Internet, and within minutes it became clear that this was causing problems. ... [f]or a brief period Friday morning, about 1 percent of all the Internet's traffic was affected by the snafu, as routers could not properly process the BGP routes they were being sent."
So it was you who blocked Ted Steven's tubes.
Well, 1% is all the traffic that is not "Linux ISO" downloads.
Or it could be the 1% of the internet that is goat porn?
These statistics brought to you by the department of made-up statistics.
What's there to research? 3D Realms announced publicly in 2001 that Duke Nukem Forever would be released simply "when it's done"
1% you say? Ah, so they somehow only affected the non-porn traffic?
Down with the career politician! SUPPORT TERM LIMITS
I don't think I would consider Youtube being blocked a crash.
I see it as more of a blessing.
1% is a HUGE number, I mean its almost 2%!!!
Poppycock! It's barely half of 2%!