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Something I have documented in the last 2 years. Solar flare activity is what causes problems. All memory is ECC but it still happens.
Faraday cage incoming?
Wait? Faraday cage racks million $ idea?
Any sort of hardware or software error seems much more likely. Computers are incredibly complex and approximations are used everywhere (in the design of the hardware, in the theory of operation). I don't think inference-based experiments or analysis on cosmic ray bit flips are appropriate. You really need some kind of dedicated cosmic ray detector nearby as a control. If the flux of cosmic rays into the detector is o…
"Bitsquatting is a form of cybersquatting which relies on bit-flip errors that occur during the process of making a DNS request. These bit-flips may occur due to factors such as faulty hardware or cosmic rays. When such an error occurs, the user requesting the domain may be directed to a website registered under a domain name similar to a legitimate domain, except with one bit flipped in their respective binary repre…
"Bitsquatting is a form of cybersquatting which relies on bit-flip errors that occur during the process of making a DNS request. These bit-flips may occur due to factors such as faulty hardware or cosmic rays. When such an error occurs, the user requesting the domain may be directed to a website registered under a domain name similar to a legitimate domain, except with one bit flipped in their respective binary repre…
Observe the natural state of every software developer. I kid... or do I?
> What if it wasn’t just some fantastical explanation?
Doesn't sound nearly as fantastical but bad RAM is probably more common than one would expect. You seldom really know the quality of hardware you run on. Just say'n, sometimes you don't need a helping cosmic ray.
"Bitsquatting is a form of cybersquatting which relies on bit-flip errors that occur during the process of making a DNS request. These bit-flips may occur due to factors such as faulty hardware or cosmic rays. When such an error occurs, the user requesting the domain may be directed to a website registered under a domain name similar to a legitimate domain, except with one bit flipped in their respective binary repre…
"Bitsquatting is a form of cybersquatting which relies on bit-flip errors that occur during the process of making a DNS request. These bit-flips may occur due to factors such as faulty hardware or cosmic rays. When such an error occurs, the user requesting the domain may be directed to a website registered under a domain name similar to a legitimate domain, except with one bit flipped in their respective binary repre…
Is one mitigation TLS certificate verification?