Cisco says router bug could be result of ‘cosmic radiation’ … Seriously?

[Kent Sharkey]

Network world[^]:

A Cisco bug report addressing “partial data traffic loss” on the company’s ASR 9000 Series routers contends that a “possible trigger is cosmic radiation causing SEU soft errors.”

I now have an explanation for all future bugs

It definitely beats, "My dog ate my data"

[Lost User]

Reminds me of Don Lemon on CNN postulating whether black holes were responsible for that Malaysian plane.

[zdk329]

"Could be network issues due to cosmic radiation" sure beats troubleshooting your servers. This is irresponsible to post on a forum with server admins.