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And if the hypothetical splitter is the thing that breaks? Then it would break main traffic too.
by novok 12d ago
And if the hypothetical splitter is the thing that breaks? Then it would break main traffic too.
- AlexandrB 12d agoInterestingly, fiber signals can be split passively[1] (without a transducer), which should be extremely reliable. No idea what technology this kind of application would use though. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber-optic_splitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber-optic_splitter
- novok 12d agoWe don't know the architecture of this hypothetical spy splitter tho in the current case. It can be less covert and more of a complicated config, etc.
- snowwrestler 11d agoHow often does the entire west coast of the U.S. lose Internet connectivity to the entire continent of Asia? That gives you a constraint on how often that type of failure actually occurs.