[FLUG] Fw: [Freelists News] FreeLists Network Issues
- From: "Bolognini" <rlbolo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "fanolug" <fanolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:55:12 +0200
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From: "John Madden" <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:56 PM
Subject: [Freelists News] FreeLists Network Issues
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> Our network has had just about its worst day yet. I'm hoping to squeeze
> this message out while it's still possible. I hope the dates within make
> sense -- I've been awake for a very long time...
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> At about 5pm on the 21st, our upstream provider, IQuest, experienced some
> sort of DoS attack directed at FreeLists to the order of filling an OC-3.
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> Worse, Ameritech had some telco hardware fail (possibly due to regional
> thunderstorms), thus taking out our network completely. That was fixed at
> around 3am this morning (the 22nd). The network came back up only to be
> flooded by an apparent DoS attack, which we weren't aware of until this
> time.
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> That continued until just a few minutes ago, about 6am of the 22nd. We're
> now in the clear, at least temporarily. If anyone's curious as to what
> this "looks like," have a look at our MRTG graphs:
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http://iq-ops.iquest.net/stats/209.43.90.20/serial-2-6.cust00.ind.iquest.net
.html
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> (The blue line there represents the "trouble.")
>
> Anyway, we're working to take measures to prevent this sort of thing from
> happening in the future, but of course there are no gaurantees when it
> comes to DoS attacks of this nature. We'll definitely be getting the
> proper authorities involved, so if you're a 14-year old who thinks this
> sort of crap is funny, your mommy may be getting a call from the FBI... :)
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> Hang in there folks, we'll pull through this...
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> John
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