I seem to recall an issue with the FAA’s NOTAM / TFR database a few weeks back, one that grounded all flights one fine morning. Wasn’t network-related, but the articles I read about the application’s architecture and fault-tolerance make it seem… lightweight. :) And I would guess that outage was far more impactful than this one is likely to be.

-Brian

On Mar 1, 2023, at 9:45 AM, Jason Leschnik <jason@leschnik.me> wrote:

Says a lot about the architecture of the application and redundancy. I'd love to know what the failover looks like in a worst-case scenario

On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 at 10:51, Aaron de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
If we have downtime, we lose revenue, customers, sleep, etc...

If the government does it, what are you going to do? Get your license somewhere else?

-A

On Sat Feb 25, 2023, 11:39 PM GMT, Christopher Morrow wrote:
On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 6:12 PM Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:

Verizon network maintenance will impact access to the “National Driver
Register,” a system that motor vehicle offices around the country need to
check before handing out a license.

Wait, what year is it?
how is a network maintenance on what seems like a fairly critical system going
to cause a total outage of said system?

I think we time traveled back to 1990 here...

All 50 states and D.C. participate in the National Driver Register, a
database maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The register contains information about drivers who have had their driving
privileges revoked, suspended or denied due to serious traffic violations,
such as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, reckless driving
or excessive speeding.

The scheduled maintenance should be finished by Monday, in case you needed
to update your driver's license or planned to do some reckless driving
this weekend.