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 […]
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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 […]
NS1 and NS2 spike at 10:00am EST
At around 10:00am EST +/- 5 mins both ns1 and ns2 received sharp spikes of inbound traffic lasting approximately 15 minutes. While the volume of those spikes was not overpowering, the servers did timeout some queries. As many people know, we have been under DDoS attack against ns1 and ns2 since last week. The attack […]
Friday, Nov 11 – DNS resolution issues [resolved]
From between 4:30am EST and 6:30am EST, some customers may have experienced resolution issues with our “dns1.easydns.com” and “dns2.easydns.net” Anycast nameservers. It initially appears to have been the result of a minor DDOS attack, and we are working with our upstream providers to determine who the target was. We are also continuing to monitor our […]
