On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 22:34 -0700, Joseph Sinclair wrote:
> The site for their hosting is actually (http://www.ev1servers.net),
> the other site is their "consumer" site, and mostly focuses on dial-up
> and limited "consumer" hosting.
> From that site (at http://www.ev1servers.net/english/newservices.asp),
> here's the description for the "service" that's causing the problem
> 
>         1. FireSlayer(tm): DoS Protection for Servers
>         FireSlayer is a combination of EV1-developed and commercially
>         available anti Denial of Service (DoS) technologies. When an
>         attack is launched against any server within our network, the
>         Fireslayer filter automatically allows the maximum amount of
>         legitimate traffic through, while rejecting the maximum amount
>         of illegitimate traffic. This service is currently offered AT
>         NO COST to all customers. There is no need to sign up. All IPs
>         on all servers at both EV1 data centers are automatically
>         protected. You will be notified if your server's traffic is
>         being filtered, complete with graphs depicting the attack
>         metrics over time. Remember, there is no per-server or per-IP
>         cost at this time. We are providing this important service as
>         another benefit of being a part of the EV1 family.
> 
> Since they provide absolutely no information about how they're
> determining legitimate vs. illegitimate traffic, I cannot state
> authoritatively that this is where the problem lies, but all analysis
> points in that direction.  The most significant items are that the
> problem seems to have started at roughly the same time they announced
> their new "Service", and it's consistent from any given address (a
> trashed router would generally be inconsistent).
> 
> Regardless of the problem, it's certainly something within the EV1
> network, and not much we can do except for the PLUG member handling
> the hosting to let them know and try to get them to fix the issue.
----
If that's the case, then it would appear that their DOS
protection/filtering is working fine and as they used to say in the
software business, along with a few 'unintended features' and it's
reassuring that their anti-DOS doesn't cost extra.

Craig

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