You know all things considered - the global ISP backbone infrastructure is actually quite robust.
Undersea fiber cuts actually happen more often than people realize but aside from slower speeds or higher loading times, most people won’t even notice actually because of how redundant it is.
I don’t know of a single point of failure in the global ISP or internet cable network actually. Is anyone aware of any such vulnerability existing?
Its so robust really. How do you ever bring it down completely even if you wanted to. At best you can slow it down to a crawl.
i bet the internet will go down when the sun goes red giant and absorbs the earth.
i have no other means at my disposal to take the whole thing down, but it’s coming.
Does anyone know that story of some file or system that do many users rely on in their own infrastructure but it’s maintained by like 1 dude on his free time?
Which one? I’m willing to bet there’s several.
Pretty sure you’re thinking of tzdb, the time zone database: https://onezero.medium.com/the-largely-untold-story-of-how-one-guy-in-california-keeps-the-worlds-computers-on-the-right-time-a97a5493bf73
An adjacent and thematically resonant story is the volunteer effort that powers curl, which so many people use: https://thenewstack.io/the-world-runs-20-billion-instances-of-curl-wheres-the-support/
CURL got some kind of contract with several embedded hardware manufacturers, at least it’s financially stable.
Is the original an xkcd?
I don’t believe so, here is the original xkcd 2347
- the copyrighted logos wouldn’t be used
- colors aren’t common in xkcd
Edit, I reread your question. I thought you were asking if the posted image was an original xkcd, as Randle does build upon previous comics from time to time. Now, I realize my dyslexic brain mixed things up.
I don’t think these things are all in some tall heirachy. The internet is about distribution.
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