Also See: Mini-FAQ about the Jan 07 DDoS Attack [UPDATE: 12:54AM Jan 08] The attack traffic is still coming in fairly heavily. We are working on a couple of avenues of adjusting our defenses. [UPDATE: 2:33AM EST Jan 08] DNS1 is back online. dns2 has been mostly online througout most of this. […]
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DOS Attack In Progress
We are currently experiencing an Denial of Service Attack against DNS1, DNS2 and DNS3 anycast strands. We are working on mitigation and will post updates as they become available. UPDATE 7:55 PM EST: Our mitigation techniques have brought the dns2.easydns.net anycast cluster back online, which should resolve slow response or timeout issues for end users. […]
Minor issue with easyMail webmail [resolved]
Some customers may have recently experienced errors while attempting to relay email via the easyMail webmail interface. These issues were unfortunately due to an internal routing error which we have since identified and resolved. We have also taken corrective action to ensure that this will not happen again. This was a specific issue related to […]
2011/2012 Holiday Season Hours
Please note that easyDNS will have shortened support hours around the holiday weekends. These changes only affect email and phone support. We continue to monitor and maintain our services around the clock, all year round. Outside of the following changes, our usual support schedule of 8:30am – 6:00pm will be maintained. All times are in […]
Intermittent resolution issues with NS2/DNS2 [resolved]
Some customers may have experienced intermittent resolution issues with our “ns2.easydns.com” / “dns2.easydns.com” Anycast nameserver cluster. We have identified a specific node within that Anycast cluster as the cause, and are working with our upstream provider to have it removed. We apologize for the inconvenience. [ UPDATE – 2011-12-15 @ 5:58pm ] We have received […]
easyDNS and the recent BIND 9 vulnerability
Yesterday it was announced by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), the corporation that maintains BIND, that a vulnerability had been found that affects all currently supported versions of BIND 9. More information about this vulnerability can be found at the following URL: http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2011-4313 How this affects easyDNS and our customers This vulnerability specifically affects nameservers […]
