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took_internet_yesterday [2021/10/05 20:38] – [Hey, but Facebook and co. is not the Internet] samer | took_internet_yesterday [2021/10/06 08:18] (current) – [Hey, but Facebook and co. is not the Internet] samer | ||
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===== Since it is about DNS and BGP, this became very serious ===== | ===== Since it is about DNS and BGP, this became very serious ===== | ||
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You are right, we were having online courses yesterday, sending emails, watching youtube and netflix videos, and all was fine! The internet is a network of networks (as such, is a very robust infrastructure). Facebook is //just one// service. | You are right, we were having online courses yesterday, sending emails, watching youtube and netflix videos, and all was fine! The internet is a network of networks (as such, is a very robust infrastructure). Facebook is //just one// service. | ||
- | Yes, but Facebook contributes to a huge part of the Internet trafic (as seen on the Amsterdam Internet Exchange Point) : Look at the drop in traffic at the right part of the graph. | + | Yes, but Facebook contributes to a huge part of the Internet trafic (as seen on the Amsterdam Internet Exchange Point): Look at the drop in traffic at the right part of the graph. |
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+ | Human behaviour can also be funny: with repeated tries to load the same pages, we now have a surge in DNS requests (as noted by Cloudflare servers). | ||
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===== What is the problem of being largely dependent on one service? ===== | ===== What is the problem of being largely dependent on one service? ===== | ||
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We are definitely living in a guilded age of big tech. | We are definitely living in a guilded age of big tech. | ||
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+ | ===== The (day after) explanation from inside is not less hilarious ===== | ||
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===== Some (very) good references to understand what (technically) happened ===== | ===== Some (very) good references to understand what (technically) happened ===== | ||
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