matternot

if the config is too big, then its an invalid config

I don't understand why they didn't validate and sanitize the new config file revision. If bad(whatever that reason is) throw an error and revert back to previous version. You don't need to take down the whole internet for that.

how was it determined that it is phoning home the content of the slides? One thing is to exchange network packets with a remote server, and another thing is to claim that it's leaking slide content.

How it was determined that it phones back the content of the slide ? From my understanding it's just exchanging some network packets.