Purely as a point of nerdiness it did sort of happen once back in the late 90s, and it has definitely happened in the UK. If I recall correctly, both times, someone misconfigured a peering router on an Internet Exchange which caused a broadcast storm. You may chuckle at the video (because it is really funny) but it really is quite simple (theoretically) to bring the whole thing crashing to it's knees.
SE, if I recall correctly, and I can't find the bloody link, the thing in Florida was some sort of BGP storm thingymajig. I remember the same thing happening on LINX in about 2000.
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ReplyDeleteSE, if I recall correctly, and I can't find the bloody link, the thing in Florida was some sort of BGP storm thingymajig. I remember the same thing happening on LINX in about 2000.
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