03:15AM (EDT): The network connectivity appears to have stabilized once again. We will continue to monitor the network connectivity. If you are still having connectivity issues please open a support ticket from within the Linode Manager.
02:18AM (EDT): The network upstream of our Fremont facility appears to be experiencing stability issues once again at this time. We've alerted the network operation center at the Fremont facility to have them investigate. We'll provide more information once it is available.
12:21AM [10/4/2011] (EDT): We have received an RFO from Hurricane Electric regarding the incident that occurred this evening:
On October 3rd we experienced a large attack against multiple core routers on a scale and in ways not previously done against us. We had various forms of attack mitigation already in place, we have added more. It was all fixable in the end, just the size and number of routers getting attacked and the figuring out what attacks were doing what to what took some time. The attack mitigation techniques we've added will be left in place. We are continuing to add additional layers of security to increase the resiliency of the network.
Because the attackers were changing their methods and watching how their attacks were responded to, we are not at liberty to elaborate on the nature of the security precautions taken.
11:25PM (EDT): At this time it appears that all routes have stabilized. We are continuing to closely monitor the network stability from multiple locations. If you are still experiencing issues please open a support ticket from within the Linode Manager. Your patience and understanding while this issue was resolved is appreciated.
10:49PM (EDT): There are still some routes that are experiencing increased latency and loss at this time. Network engineers at Hurricane Electric are still working to stabilize the network connectivity as quickly as possible. There is currently no ETA until full resolution. Your continued patience and understanding are greatly appreciated.
08:26PM (EDT): Hurricane Electric's networking engineers are still working to have full connectivity restored as quickly as possible. We appreciate your continued patience and understanding.
07:32PM (EDT): Reports from Hurricane Electric indicate this was a large scale network-based attack that they have contained at this time. It does appear that routes are starting to come back online. We will provide an update once the network connectivity has been fully restored and has stabilized.
06:07PM (EDT): There appears to be continuing instances of increased latency and losses to the Fremont facility. We are working with the NOC to have this resolved as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.
03:15PM (EDT): The following has been received from Hurricane Electric:
The incident was a probable DDOS attack, but its behavior was unusual and difficult to identify. Our network engineers made some adjustments to the DOS countermeasures acquired after last week's incident, and that seems to have stabilized traffic flow. We apologize for the inconvenience. -Ben Larsen Hurricane Electric Internet Services
02:00PM (EDT): The problem has cleared up, and has looked OK for the past 10 minutes or so. We will continue to monitor. We await the RFO from Hurricane Electric.
01:45PM (EDT): The Fremont facility has encountered a networking problem. They are currently investigating and we will update as we know more.
