Friday, 15 August 2014

What Happened On ’512K Day’?

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What happened when the Internet gets too big for the Internet? The 12th of August saw widespread disruption to Internet users worldwide, as multiple Internet routers fell victim to the a serious problem with how Internet traffic is managed, on a day which has became known as ’512K Day’. Affected users saw drastically increased ping times, with many websites failing to load altogether. The issue – which had been predicted for a long time – was due to the table used for managing how to reach certain IPv4 addresses exceeding their limit of 512,000 routes. This resulted in the older...


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