- To: "Mr. Loren Meissner" <lmeissne@eskimo.com>
- Subject: DDoS attack 7/19
- From: Eskimo North Support <support@eskimo.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 18:10:15 -0700 (PDT)
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DDoS attack 7/19
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Mr. Loren Meissner wrote: > remote access from here (see full header) (i.e. ssh and telnet) were just > down for about 1/2 hour and went back up. > > Also the access to your web site was also down for approx the same lenghth > of time... as I went there to look for any trouble reports. > > Seems to be OK now... It is indeed back up now; we had another DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack that affected the shell server (also used for authenticating on news, mail, etc.). A block has been placed in the router for the method/port is was using. ~ Eric Eskimo North Support | Voice Numbers - (206)812-0051 or 800-246-6874 support@eskimo.com | Voice help available 9am to 11pm Mon-Fri PO Box 55816 | and 12pm - 8pm Saturday and Sunday Seattle, WA 98155 | Fax us at - (206)812-0054