[93274] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: UUNET issues?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Smith)
Sun Nov 5 02:36:32 2006
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 18:05:36 +1030
From: Mark Smith <nanog@fa1c52f96c54f7450e1ffb215f29991e.nosense.org>
To: Michael Smith <mksmith@adhost.com>
Cc: randy@psg.com, christopher.morrow@verizonbusiness.com,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <FFA14462-FADB-41A8-AE74-98D7E4CC0D82@adhost.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 22:55:46 -0800
Michael Smith <mksmith@adhost.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Nov 4, 2006, at 10:51 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
>
> >>>> "Could you be any less descriptive of the problem you are seeing?"
> >>> the internet is broken. anyone know why?
> >> Did you ping it?
> >
> > is that what broke it?
>
> Please. That's how you *know* it's broken.
>
With the prevalence of firewalls, I've found broken traceroutes to be a
much more reliable indicator of broken Internettedness.
--
"Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly
alert."
- Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear"
