The "misconfiguration" was apparently at the routing layer, caused by BGP. There are 13 DNS root servers, A-M. Several mirrors around the world actually share the same IP for a specific root server. Your DNS query to a root server IP is usually routed to the closest server with that IP, due to anycast routing. Apparently, a BGP misconfiguration caused an incorrect route to be advertised. Ars Technica apparently broke the story and has a very good description. They quote VeriSign spokesman Brad Williams:
"In our regular network checks, we recently noticed that routes were being announced outside of China for our anycast server there," Williams said in a statement. "As this was an aberration, we notified our technical partner in China and helped them resolve the issue. Our network checks show that the issue is now resolved."
Mauricio Vergara Ereche, a DNS Admin for Chile NIC, first noticed the problem. Queries to the I root server i.root-servers.net at IP 192.36.148.17 for www.facebook.com resolved to an actual IP address (in China) instead of redirecting to the.com DNS server as it should have. He posted this in his message to the dns-operations mailing list:
This is an example of what are wee seeing:
$ dig @i.root-servers.net www.facebook.com A
; DiG 9.6.1-P3 @i.root-servers.net www.facebook.com A
; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; -HEADER- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 7448 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
The manufacturer publishes sample data that a 6 mil (0.1524 mm) thickness attenuates signals in the 30-2000 MHz range by at least 58 dB (Shielding Effectiveness) and up to 78 dB.
A rather confident 007 walks into a bar and takes a seat next to a very attractive woman. He gives her a quick glance, then casually looks at his watch for a moment.
The woman notices this and asks, "Is your date running late?"
"No", he replies, "I am here alone. Q has just given me this state-of-the-art watch and I was just testing it."
The intrigued woman says, "A state-of-the-art watch? What's so special about it?"
"It uses alpha waves to telepathically talk to me," he explains.
"What's it telling you now?"
"Well, it says you're not wearing any panties..."
The woman giggles and replies, "Well it must be broken because I am wearing panties!"
007 taps his watch,...and says "Bloody thing must be an hour fast..."
That seems to be the theme this year with the Justices, not giving any solid guidelines to help out... [I]t does seem reasonable to expect them to let the rest of us know how to make a legal judgement in this sort of thing.
Court rulings are based on the specific facts, which are different for every case. If you are looking for general guidelines, don't ask the courts; you should be looking to the lawmakers to write clearer laws.
The Atomic Resolution Storage program at HP Labs aims to provide a thumbnail-size device with storage densities greater than one terabit per square inch. The technology builds on advances in atomic probe microscopy, in which a probe tip as small as a single atom scans the surface of a material to produce images accurate within a few nanometers.
The current program is at the stage where commercialization is possible by 2006. The storage segment first addressed is portable storage of between 2 and 10 gigabytes. (SD card form factor).
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The "misconfiguration" was apparently at the routing layer, caused by BGP. There are 13 DNS root servers, A-M. Several mirrors around the world actually share the same IP for a specific root server. Your DNS query to a root server IP is usually routed to the closest server with that IP, due to anycast routing. Apparently, a BGP misconfiguration caused an incorrect route to be advertised. Ars Technica apparently broke the story and has a very good description. They quote VeriSign spokesman Brad Williams:
Mauricio Vergara Ereche, a DNS Admin for Chile NIC, first noticed the problem. Queries to the I root server i.root-servers.net at IP 192.36.148.17 for www.facebook.com resolved to an actual IP address (in China) instead of redirecting to the .com DNS server as it should have. He posted this in his message to the dns-operations mailing list:
The manufacturer publishes sample data that a 6 mil (0.1524 mm) thickness attenuates signals in the 30-2000 MHz range by at least 58 dB (Shielding Effectiveness) and up to 78 dB.
WTF is this supposed to mean!? Oh, that's right. Kids in "urban areas" shouldn't ever have anything valuable because [something bad] might happen.
A rather confident 007 walks into a bar and takes a seat next to a very attractive woman. He gives her a quick glance, then casually looks at his watch for a moment. The woman notices this and asks, "Is your date running late?" "No", he replies, "I am here alone. Q has just given me this state-of-the-art watch and I was just testing it." The intrigued woman says, "A state-of-the-art watch? What's so special about it?" "It uses alpha waves to telepathically talk to me," he explains. "What's it telling you now?" "Well, it says you're not wearing any panties..." The woman giggles and replies, "Well it must be broken because I am wearing panties!" 007 taps his watch, ...and says "Bloody thing must be an hour fast..."
Isn't every day pedant day?
Court rulings are based on the specific facts, which are different for every case. If you are looking for general guidelines, don't ask the courts; you should be looking to the lawmakers to write clearer laws.
The current program is at the stage where commercialization is possible by 2006. The storage segment first addressed is portable storage of between 2 and 10 gigabytes. (SD card form factor).