Microsoft DNS outage

Thu Jan 25 01:36:35 UTC 2001

It looks like the Microsoft name servers lack any sort of
network diversity. If they had servers in geographically and
network diverse location perhaps this outage would not have
occurred.

Diversity is the best protection against systemic failure.

An important lesson is contained herein.
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Joseph T. Klein         jtk at titania.net        +1 414 915 7489

  "Omnium rerum principia parva sunt." - Marcus Tullius Cicero