I agree with this, although it's not just the US economy... hurts many other countries too... well businesses within those countries anyway!
On Aug 7, 8:02 pm, Jesse Stay <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the communication - this is good. Just curious - with entire > businesses being put out of place, and rumors that the Russian Gov't may be > behind such attacks, is Twitter communicating with Homeland Security about > this? To me this seems like a matter of national security even more than it > is a Twitter issue. The US economy is being attacked because of this. > Not to sound too radical - I'm just genuinely curious when the Government is > going to get involved. (and thank you for doing what you can - I'm sure I > speak for all when I say we feel your pain) > > Jesse > > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Ryan Sarver <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wanted to send everyone an update to let you know what has been > > happening, the known issues, some suggestions on how to resolve them and > > some idea of how to move forward. > > > *Whats been happening* > > As you know all too well Twitter, among other services, has been getting > > hit pretty hard with a DDoS attack over the past 24+ hours. Yesterday we saw > > the attack come in a number of waves and from a number of different vectors > > increasing in intensity along the way. We were able to stabilize our own > > service for a bit, hence Biz's post saying all was > > well<http://blog.twitter.com/2009/08/update-on-todays-dos-attacks.html>, > > but that didn't mean the attacks had ceased. In fact, at around 3am PST > > today the attacks intensified to almost 10x of what it was yesterday. In > > order for us to defend from the attack we have had to put a number of > > services in place and we know that some of you have gotten caught in the > > crossfire. Please know we are as frustrated as you are and wish there was > > more we could have communicated along the way. > > > *Known Issues* > > * - HTTP 300 response codes* - One of the measures in thwarting the > > onslaught requires that all traffic respect HTTP 30x response codes. This > > will help us identify the good traffic from the bad. > > * - General throttling* - Try to throttle your services back as much as > > possible for you to continue operating. We are working on our end to better > > understand the logic used in throttling traffic on the edge of the network > > and will communicate what we can, but the best idea is to just throttle back > > as much as you can in the mean time. > > * - Streaming API* - as part of the edge throttling we know requests to > > the Streaming API with lists of keywords or uses are getting dropped because > > the request is too large. We are working to get this filter removed and will > > update the list when we know more. > > - *Unexpected HTTP response codes* - we know people are seeing a lot of > > other weirdness and we aren't exactly sure what to attribute the various > > issues to, but know that you aren't alone. > > > As the attacks change our tactics for defense will likely need to change as > > well, so stay active on the list and let us know what problems you are > > seeing and we will do our best to help guide you along. > > > *Moving forward * > > We will try to communicate as much as we can so you guys are up to speed as > > things change and progress. I personally apologize for not communicating > > more in the mean time but there hasn't been much guidance we have been able > > to give other than hold tight with us. We fully appreciate all the long > > hours you are putting in to keep your apps running and supporting your users > > and know we are frustrated with you. Continue to watch this list, > > status.twitter.com and @twitterapi for updates > > > Thanks for your patience, Ryan > > > PM, Platform Team > > @rsarver <http://twitter.com/rsarver>
