Register.com Nameservers Suffered DOS Attacks

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News

attack, DDOS, domain, dos, name servers, register.com, resolve

Infosec.org News reports that Register.com suffered yet another DDOS attack last April 2 that has a wide-scale effect on its critical operations. Nameservers are down so not one domain that uses Register.com’s nameservers can be resolved, resulting to downtime and to most customers, loss of income. Even the domain registrar’s official website cannot be accessed during the time of the attacks.

I managed to get through their clogged phone lines and the customer service representative assured that their engineers are working hard to bring the servers back to operation.

Hopefully after this unfortunate event, which surely cost them valuable customers, has taught them to be more pro-active against potential attacks to their networks.

Update:

Register.com formed an official announcement regarding their service disruption during the DDOS attacks on their network infrastructure. Here is the official statement:

As we previously communicated, Register.com has been experiencing intermittent service disruptions as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

We want to update you on where things stand.

As of now, all web services are operational. If you are experiencing any issues please call 1-888-734-4783. We have support teams standing by to respond immediately.

Please note we are not discounting the possibility of an escalated DDoS attack. We are taking every possible precaution to protect our infrastructure and our customers. In response we have:

* Deployed counter-measures to mitigate the attack and added capacity across the company’s network
* Setup special channels with major ISPs to re-enable customers’ services
* Isolated the profile of the attack through forensic data analysis
* Engaged the FBI and The Department of Homeland Security

We promise to update you if there is any change to the situation.

Throughout this attack we have received incredible support from our customers and want to thank you for your understanding and continued loyalty. We recognize these attacks create significant hardships for our customers and will continue to work to maintain and earn your trust.

Apr

Review: Top 10 Web Hosting

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Review

domain, Internet, registration, web hosting

At first there were only a few web hosting companies offering “e” services to the public, then came another one, and another one, and before we know it, we have more web hosting companies than we could ever imagine! Who could have thought that almost anyone can sell (or resell) web spaces for dirt cheap prices?
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Mar

PinoyTux Update

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PinoyTux

dns, domain, PinoyTux, server, web hosting, Wordpress

Ok, my recent attempt to transfer my blog to another webhosting company obviously failed resulting to 24-48 hours downtime. The reason? I was unable to transfer the contents of my blog to the new host. Their server keeps timing out while I was importing my WP files, which includes posts, comments and categories. My blog is relatively small so I don’t see any reason for it not to import. Then thinking of doing the transfer manually, I copied the contents of my web directory followed by dumping my WP database manually in phpMyAdmin. Guess what? phpMyAdmin timed out while I was importing my dump file.

Deciding not to waste any more time, I switched back my NS servers. If only the new host allows me to setup my site even without using the FQDN,Â I can minimize the downtime. This kinda sucks but beggars can’t complain. The new web host also is banner-less, free hosting. This makes me think of hosting my site to an new paid web host.

I already have a paid webhosting company in mind who charges $1/mo for web hosting but if you have any other web hosting companies you would like to recommend, just let me know.