Single point of failure (was: Notes of meeting of the Multistakeholder Forum)

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 12:40:05 -0700

Hi Shelly, Nadim,
At 09:16 22-04-2015, Mohammad Nadim wrote:
>For those who don't understand, can you please explain briefly, and
>in clear words, the "single point of failure"?

At 10:51 22-04-2015, Shelly Hermia Bhujun wrote:
>Yes, i would also like to know what is the 'single point of failure' .

Please see the second slide in the URL I mentioned in my previous
message as it may be easier for you to understand the answer below.

A single point of failure is, for example, a part in a network which
causes the entire network to failure if there is a failure at that
part. In the current case, all .mu domain names rely on the
assumption that ".mu" will be working. If there is a failure at the
".mu" level all domain names below it, e.g. orange.mu, intnet.mu,
google.mu, etc. will stop working.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Wed Apr 22 2015 - 19:40:30 PST