Update about the October 4th outage https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/04/networking-traffic/outage/
-- TTFN, patrick > On Oct 4, 2021, at 9:25 PM, Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote: > > The CF post mortem looks sensible, and a good summary of what we all saw from > the outside with BGP routes being withdrawn. > > Given the fragility of BGP, this could still end up being a malicious attack. > > -mel via cell > >> On Oct 4, 2021, at 6:19 PM, Jay Hennigan <j...@west.net> wrote: >> >> On 10/4/21 17:58, jcur...@istaff.org wrote: >>> Fairly abstract - Facebook Engineering - >>> https://m.facebook.com/nt/screen/?params=%7B%22note_id%22%3A10158791436142200%7D&path=%2Fnotes%2Fnote%2F&_rdr >>> >>> <https://m.facebook.com/nt/screen/?params={"note_id":10158791436142200}&path=/notes/note/&_rdr> >> >> I believe that the above link refers to a previous outage. The duration of >> the outage doesn't match today's, the technical explanation doesn't align >> very well, and many of the comments reference earlier dates. >> >>> Also, Cloudflare’s take on the outage - >>> https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/ >>> <https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/> >> >> This appears to indeed reference today's event. >> >> -- >> Jay Hennigan - j...@west.net >> Network Engineering - CCIE #7880 >> 503 897-8550 - WB6RDV
