VoIP DDoS Preparations – update
By Simon Woodhead It has been a week or so since we last updated on the emerging threat, so we wanted to update you. Whilst nobody (except George W Bush) wants to be the one…
By Simon Woodhead It has been a week or so since we last updated on the emerging threat, so we wanted to update you. Whilst nobody (except George W Bush) wants to be the one…
By Simon Woodhead Alongside recent posts here (this, this and this), shared with our mailing list, Status Page notifications drawing attention to them, and of course our Community Slack, we have highlighted on Slack voluntary…
By Peter Farmer There’s a bit of a fracas going on now, as we know from reports about sustained and targeted DDoS attacks against at least two voice providers. We do not know why these…
By Simon Woodhead Following our update on Friday, we have been monitoring the evolving DDoS situation and leveraging our industry reach to get the inside track from those on the front-line of assisting current victims.…
By Simon Woodhead There’s a scenario that has kept me awake at night for getting on a decade. Regular readers will know this because I’ve banged on and on about it. It underlies the scale…
Many customers route traffic to us over the public Internet. Given the way our network is architected and our policies, most of this comes to us over peering. If you have equipment with almost any…
As you may have read in the press, we have today launched our DDoS and Security service. If not, you can read the press release or see an overview on our website. This marks the conclusion of…
By Simon Woodhead It’s that time of year when I get to wish you and your families a fantastic Festive Season and to thank you, where you have, for being part of our journey during…
By Simon Woodhead Over many years I’ve been intolerant of lies and deceptions when it comes to “networks”. At one end of the scale you have the spivs who lie about the network they don’t…
By Simon Woodhead Wow, it felt odd writing ‘interesting year’ for the first time a few weeks ago, or at least as it seems. Actually a year on, a year further towards our self-inflicted dystopian…