Infrastructure

Before Your Browser Connects, Something Else Decides Who Answers

Every connection your device makes starts with a DNS query. The answer to that query determines where you actually end up. Here is exactly how that system gets compromised — and why the fix has existed for twenty years without being deployed.

April 10, 2026 · 12 min read

One Deleted Line of Code Rerouted the Internet

On January 22, 2026, nine lines were removed from a configuration file in Miami. Twenty-five minutes later, Cloudflare's engineers were manually reverting the change. Here is exactly what happened — and what it reveals about the protocol routing all global internet traffic.

April 7, 2026 · 8 min read