Gator588: Malicious inbound attack

[GatorJacob]

As of 2pm 11/14/2008 Gator588 has been under a heavy inbound attack. The primary and secondary IP's of this server have been null routed to protect the integrity of the network. We are aware that some sites might be effected by this attack and are working diligently on getting this issue resolve. We do apologize for any inconvenience that this is causing and will keep you updated on the situation.

We thank you for your understanding and patience in this matter.

[GatorVincent]

gator588 is now back online and serving requests at this time. It is still under guard and we are actively monitoring this box. Thank you all for your patience with us.

[dogman]

The box/server I am on is still not back up. Any idea when we can expect this issue to resolved? I am (like others) losing potential clients and income because I cannot access my sites. Thanks!

[GvilleRick]

Originally Posted by dogman

The box/server I am on is still not back up. Any idea when we can expect this issue to resolved? I am (like others) losing potential clients and income because I cannot access my sites. Thanks!

If you haven't already sent in a ticket you should do so. These are peer support forums and staff will respond here but the Help Desk is better for technical issues. You can also check with Live Chat.

[dogman]

Thanks! I know you guys are doing your best but it really hurts when we don't have a backup plan.

[GatorVincent]

Dogman, the attack is now 1.5-2GB, It is under guard and we are awaiting for the attack to subside. The nullroute has been taken off however. I will update this ticket accordingly. We are very for for this inconvenience, but we are working actively to get this under control.

[dogman]

Thanks guys! Again I am not trying to be a pest and I know you are working hard. This just came at a bad time!

[momdot]

My site has been down for about 10 hours...how are things going? I am really at a loss here. Im losing a TON of money/visitors/etc. Can i get an update?

[GatorVincent]

The size of incoming data is residing and the guard is helping at this time. The server is serving pages at this time and we will be actively monitoring this box until no malicious traffic is going through. Thank you everyone for your patience.

[Brainwaves]

my site is down too as i am on 588

Lots of losses

Hope this gets well soon

Thanks

[brhalltx]

Looks like it's down again.

[GatorChrisN]

At this time there is still a very high amount of inbound traffic to Gator588.

We still have it behind the more aggressive firewall, but due to the large amount of traffic there is still some packet loss.

We are working with the datacenter to get this resolved as quickly as possible.

I do apologize for this major inconvenience, but rest assured we are working to get this server back online 100%.