[asterisk-users] Packet8 hacked

[Dean Collins]

Service Alerts/Updates

1/23/2009 2:00am PST: 

Due to a global DNS (name server) issue with register.com, Packet8
servers and services became unreachable for customers using certain ISPs
including AT&T, Cox, and Verizon while customers on other ISPs such as
Comcast and Level3 were impacted very briefly due to quick DNS update
recovery. As of 1:30am PST our tests show that all DNS servers of the
known impacted ISPs have been updated correctly, and Packet8 customers
on these networks should be able to reach our services. If you
experience any issue using your Packet8 service or reaching the Packet8
website, please reboot your network (by rebooting the DSL/Cable modem,
router, Packet8 phones and computers) to clear any cache information.

 

 

 

Unfortuately for some reason even though I rebooted my server timewarner
didn't update etc, problem fixed itself in the morning.

 

 

Regards,

 

Dean Collins

Cognation Inc

dean at cognation.net

+1-212-203-4357   New York

+61-2-9016-5642   (Sydney in-dial).

+44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial).

 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-

> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kristian Kielhofner

> Sent: Friday, 23 January 2009 11:37 AM

> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion

> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Packet8 hacked

> 

> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Steve Totaro

> <stotaro at asteriskhelpdesk.com> wrote:

> >

> > Fine using AT&T's (at least I think they belong to AT&T) DNS servers

> > (Also do NTP).  I will make this thread useful to someone.

> >

> > Listed below because they are easy to remember and have never failed

> > me even when a customer's ISP's DNS is down, I get the call "Our

> > Internet is Down" but they can ping my servers by IP.  Also, can

> > "speed up" complaints of a slow network (if DNS lookups are the
reason

> > for the slowness.

> >

> > 4.2.2.1

> > 4.2.2.2

> > 4.2.2.3

> >

> > --

> > Thanks,

> > Steve Totaro

> > +18887771888 (Toll Free)

> > +12409381212 (Cell)

> 

> Steve,

> 

>   Those are Level(3)s anycast DNS servers - part of internet legend!

> 

>   I once talked to a Level(3) engineer about how many queries those

> things do (combined) and it was amazing.  I don't remember the exact

> number but it was something in the TENS OF MILLIONS/day, maybe more.

> It was one of those numbers (especially for daily traffic) that you

> just don't really comprehend.

> 

>   I've read (on NANOG, of course) that Level(3) actually encourages

> (at least doesn't discourage) their public use.  They log the queries

> and sell the results for data mining purposes (DNS Alexa perhaps).

> 

> --

> Kristian Kielhofner

> http://blog.krisk.org

> http://www.submityoursip.com

> http://www.astlinux.org

> http://www.star2star.com

> 

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