How four rotten packets broke CenturyLink's network for 37 hours, knackering 911 calls, VoIP, internet, and more

FCC delivers postmortem after blunder crippled US fiber links

A handful of bad network packets triggered a massive chain reaction that crippled the entire network of US telco CenturyLink for roughly a day and a half.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Networks
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