Post by thread:[OT:] Internet Status

I generally keep an eye on the Internet condition so I can interpret my own site's stats in that context. Today the entire Internet, with the exception of North America, seems to be struggling worse than I have seen, and North America's response time seems to have just spiked. Does anyone know what is happening today? The Storm Center doesn't seem to be reporting anything that would cause this, unless it's this Java exploit, but that wouldn't seem to explain it. Asia is reporting a 15%(!) packet loss. --McD ____________________________________________

Looking at http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm I don't see anything particularly out of the ordinary. http://isc.sans.org/infocon.php is in the green What site are you using for data? RP I generally keep an eye on the Internet condition so I can interpret my own site's stats in that context. Today the entire Internet, with the exception of North America, seems to be struggling worse than I have seen, and North America's response time seems to have just spiked. Does anyone know what is happening today? The Storm Center doesn't seem to be reporting anything that would cause this, unless it's this Java exploit, but that wouldn't seem to explain it. Asia is reporting a 15%(!) packet loss. --McD ____________________________________________

John J. McDonough wrote: >I generally keep an eye on the Internet condition so I can interpret my own >site's stats in that context. Today the entire Internet, with the exception >of North America, seems to be struggling worse than I have seen, and North >America's response time seems to have just spiked. > >Does anyone know what is happening today? The Storm Center doesn't seem to >be reporting anything that would cause this, unless it's this Java exploit, >but that wouldn't seem to explain it. Asia is reporting a 15%(!) packet >loss. > >--McD > > >____________________________________________

Could the 15% loss to Asia be in part to the Chinese government's firewall? Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:10:38 -0500, John J. McDonough <spam_OUTmcdTakeThisOuTis-sixsigma.com> wrote: > I generally keep an eye on the Internet condition so I can interpret my own > site's stats in that context. Today the entire Internet, with the exception > of North America, seems to be struggling worse than I have seen, and North > America's response time seems to have just spiked. > > Does anyone know what is happening today? The Storm Center doesn't seem to > be reporting anything that would cause this, unless it's this Java exploit, > but that wouldn't seem to explain it. Asia is reporting a 15%(!) packet > loss. ____________________________________________

----- Original Message ----- From: <.....Richard.ProsserKILLspam@spam@powerware.com> Subject: Re: [OT:] Internet Status > > Looking at http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm I don't see > anything particularly out of the ordinary. > http://isc.sans.org/infocon.php is in the green Those are the sites I watch. Seeing everyone yellow except NA is pretty unusual, and the current index of 53 for SA is very unusual. That spike in NA seems to have subsided. Also, although Asia is frequently a little rough, I don't recall seeing the packet loss up to 16% like it is now. I noticed that SANS is green. Usually when the Internet takes a hit it's the result of some sort of attack so you see something interesting at SANS. But nothing there now. --McD ____________________________________________

Quick check: Internet Health Report (shows latency over major backbone providers) http://www2.internetpulse.com/1/ Nothing abnormal there... CERT (US Computer Emergency Readiness Team) says http://www.cert.org/nav/index_red.html www.us-cert.gov/current/current_activity.html nothing unusual is going on SANS Internet Storm Center http://isc.sans.org/ reports nothing unusual Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx doesn't have any unusual patches available SecurityFocus http://securityfocus.com/ Is still reporting on the "keylogging != wiretapping" case - nothing unusual there Infosecdaily http://www.infosecdaily.net/ has no new news And bugtraq http://securityfocus.com/archive/1 Doesn't seem to have any big found bugs currently reported. So I don't understand what problem there might be. I suspect that holiday internet traffic tonight will spike slightly (but noticably) as people look up weather and travel related information for the US Thanksgiving holiday. If there's a severe problem elsewhere int he world, I'd suspect that a key backbone might be dark, but people would report that instantly if that were the case. Probably will find out tomorrow if it's anything especially unusual. -Adam John J. McDonough wrote: {Quote hidden}>I generally keep an eye on the Internet condition so I can interpret my own >site's stats in that context. Today the entire Internet, with the exception >of North America, seems to be struggling worse than I have seen, and North >America's response time seems to have just spiked. > >Does anyone know what is happening today? The Storm Center doesn't seem to >be reporting anything that would cause this, unless it's this Java exploit, >but that wouldn't seem to explain it. Asia is reporting a 15%(!) packet >loss. > >--McD > > >_____________________________________________