[Outages-discussion] [outages] Belkin [heartbeat.belkin.com]

[Jeremy Chadwick]

Editing mistake on my part.  2nd paragraph should have read:

> What does this phrase even mean?  I've been in IT and networking since
> the early 90s and this is the first time I've heard this phrase.

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| Jeremy Chadwick                                   jdc at koitsu.org |
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 01:22:36PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> "Sorcerer's Apprentice Mode"
> 
> What does this phrase even mean?
> the early 90s and this is the first time I've heard this phrase.
> 
> My first inclination was to say "Yes, the router went into Night on Bald
> Mountain mode, encountering Chernabog" (Fantasia reference for anyone
> old enough...).
> 
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> 
> On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 01:04:58AM +0700, Roland Dobbins via Outages wrote:
> > 
> > On Oct 8, 2014, at 12:57 AM, Frank Bulk via Outages <outages at outages.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Why do that if Belkin is up and running again? 
> > 
> > So that it doesn't recur if things get dorked up, again?  It's a great DDoS vector - take down that IP, wedge every affected Belkin CPE on the Internet.
> > 
> > This kind of thing is extremely brittle, and apt to go into Sorcerer's Apprentice Mode without warning.
> > 
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