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A single DNS race condition brought AWS to its knees (go.theregister.com)

submitted 8 months ago by mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Its true.

It comes up at work, it comes up in discussions on Linux podcasts I listen to, it comes up here...

We have a big, dangerous impending problem in DNS.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The issue here isn't DNS. The issue here is a large portion of the internet relying on a single data centre on the US East coast. Ideally, a lot of competing hosting companies would exist so if one goes down, it's just one service and very few people notice.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

So much this.

Why is Signal hosted in one location on AWS, for example? That's the sort of thing that should be in multiple places around the world with automatic fail over.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I prefer end to end encrypted xmpp

[–] chisel@piefed.social 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I prefer face to face communication, speaking in code and whispering in eachother's ears so nobody else can hear.

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Get a little tongue in there, maybe.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I hope they work towards mitigating this risk from now on.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yes, that's true, I guess it's a separate issue. But the way DNS currently runs is a problem waiting to happen.