Hello everyone,
Apologies to members of the group who may have attempted to post a message to the FEATBC Discussion Board this morning and early afternoon (01/27/03); the web site experienced a very unusual outage caused by an aggressive attack on our Internet provider. Many of you may already be aware of this worldwide issue i.e., the Microsoft SQL Worm.
Service was up again later this afternoon; here are Network Status notes from the technicians:
Network Communications Center:
– Monday, January 27, 2003 at 16:21:11 (EST)
Our Network Engineering Team continues their work to end
the connectivity issues that some of our customers may be
experiencing. This issue is being caused by the Microsoft SQL Worm currently attacking the Internet. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this period."
Network Communications Center:
– Monday, January 27, 2003 at 17:35:50 (EST)
We experienced a network outage caused by the SQL worm
attempting to replicate itself. The end result was a flood of
internet traffic that has created latency for some areas but
it did not result in any of our servers being infected. We
found a fix to fend off the flood of traffic which brought all
of our network back to normal flow immediately as of 4:00
pm EST. We will be implementing a permanent fix to avoid
such incidences in the near future.
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