No, one of the key ideas in distributed systems is the network is unreliable. It...

pyrolistical on Sept 26, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Yes, you can have exactly-once delivery

No, one of the key ideas in distributed systems is the network is unreliable. It’s not bad actors “inside the fort” it’s just that messages get lost sometimes.

Internal switches can fail. There are countless reasons why packets will get lost

lisper on Sept 26, 2024 [–]

"Inside the fort" is a metaphor for a single server, not anything involving a network.