ReferenceGlossary
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
The protocol that networks on the internet use to tell each other which IP addresses they can reach. If a network withdraws its routes by mistake, the rest of the internet can no longer find it, even though its servers still run.
Network
In Quorum#
The BGP misconfiguration Incident can start in Series C. A routing change withdraws your Company from the internet: every request from Users fails as down, in every region, for up to 120 s. No Research prevents it, and the director picks it rarely. Press Roll back on the Incident to end it at once.
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