worm attack

I find no problem with internet speed today. Saturday it was quite slow and some sites I visit could not be opened.

 

www.msnbc.com/news/864184.asp

 

They should go after microsoft. People have been saying for years their software is full of holes.

 

Are you sure? Here is MUCH slower today.

 

no-no, it's not as bad as it sounds -- DNS records are totally separate thing from the actual data the servers hold.

DNS records are basically "business-cards" for computers on the internet that allow other machines to "call them up" by name (eg "www.realtick.com") as opposed to IP number (eg "63.215.120.26"). if you let them to expire, you're company is basically "wiped off the net" (which actually makes your data more secure, because accessing it from outside becomes harder... )

anyhow, looks like RT/TAL recovered pretty nicely from this -- on sunday afternoon (european time) i was happily downloading historical data from them already.

- jaan