[191226] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Weeks)
Mon Aug 29 18:51:35 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:45:21 -0700
From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
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--- sean@donelan.com wrote:
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
See that big red button on the wall under the sign "Do Not Push This
Button!"....
DC 911 outage caused by contractor error
http://wtop.com/dc/2016/08/dc-911-outage-caused-by-contractor-who-pulled-wrong-switch/
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That was caused by more than just contractor error.
It is FAIL on many, many levels including design,
testing and much more! There're a large number of
folks responsible for this failure.
scott