The response by the company behind a major global internet outage this week is both encouraging and worrying at the same time. The problem with Fastly knocked out the sites of news providers such as The Irish Times, The Guardian, BBC.com, and The New York Times, as well as Reddit and Amazon.com. The internet has become such a dominant part of our lives that it is essential that access to it can be relied on. There was no criminality involved in the Fastly outage, but the consequences were similar, although not as long-lasting. The issue also highlights the fragility of the internet and its reliance on fragmented technology operated by a few infrastructure companies.

Source: Irish Examiner June 10, 2021 06:56 UTC