Tuesday’s internet disaster was triggered by a single customer, says Fastly
Kathmandu, June 10. On Tuesday morning, a major content delivery network(CDN) experienced multiple breakdowns, causing a large number of websites and apps to go offline.
A popular CDN “Fastly Edge systems” confirmed the issue in its system and implemented an immediate solution.
On Wednesday, Fastly said that the internet disaster was caused by a single customer who changed their settings.
According to the official release, last month, a software update was delivered to customers that unfortunately contained a bug. When an unidentified user carried out changes in settings, the bug was triggered “which caused 85% of our network to return errors.”
Content Delivery Network
A Content Delivery Network is a geographically distributed network of servers that connect the website and the user in such a way that the distance between the two is reduced. It enables faster loading of website content even if the user has low-speed internet.
A failure in widely used CDNs such as Cloudflare and Fastly can affect large areas of the internet.
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