Archive for August, 2007

Network Outage at DreamHost

Monday, August 27th, 2007

More router IOS problems at DreamHost. The question that needs to be answered is why a single problem with their network equipment can take down their entire network infrastructure? I think they are a great group of people, but as a customer the ongoing network problems and lack of phone support are hard to stomach.
Network Problems – router issues persist

Test IDN TLDs

Monday, August 27th, 2007

The march to add IDN TLD’s takes another step with IANA’s board approval to create IDN .test TLD’s and insert them into the root servers.
IDN .Test Root-Zone Evaluation Finalized

NameDrive Goes Black

Monday, August 27th, 2007

NameDrive was taken out by a massive DDOS attack last week. What makes this particularly interesting is the length of the outage, approximately 24 hours. Most parking companies are dealing with DOS attacks on a daily basis, but the larger companies have better systems in place to deal with them. While the outage was reimbursed, it’s another reason to park with larger companies who can mitigate the risks or at least compensate members for their problems.
Internet ramraiders rear-end domain parking service

Registrars Who Buy Domains

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

How comfortable would you be knowing that your webhosting company wants your website? I would think them savvy and smart, but I wouldn’t think that they were really looking out for my website’s best interest. The domain space is so sketchy that webhosting companies should be on their best behavior. There is only so much room for Direcnic’s and RegisterFly’s.
“DOMAINS FOR SALE? WE’RE INTERESTED.”

Another Dreamhost Outage

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

DreamHost is down again. But this time, they’ve turned off customer comments on the DreamHostStatus webspage because they realized that their customers were taking out all their frustration on the appropriate party.
“DreamHost is experiencing a return of network problems”

Angry Dreamhost Customers

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

A lot of angry DreamHost customers arguing on the DreamHostStatus.com forums. Looks like DreamHost network was down for about 3.5 hours, starting around 11:15 AM PT. No word yet from DH on the cause.
DreamHost reports “Network Slowness”