Software glitch hits Akamai

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Software glitch knocks out Akamai

Software glitch knocks out Akamai 05/25/2004 04:31 PM
A software glitch hit Akamai servers yesterday, causing "intermittent performance problems and degradation" that made it difficult to reach some of its customers' Web sites for about 90 minutes.

Software glitch briefly knocks out
Akamai

Software glitch briefly knocks out
Akamai 05/24/2004 05:07 PM
A software glitch slowed Akamai Technologies Inc. servers and made it difficult to reach some of its customers' Web sites Monday, the distributed computing company said.

Akamai software glitch provokes Web
brownouts

Akamai software glitch provokes Web
brownouts 05/26/2004 07:25 AM
Wibbly Wobbly Web

Akamai glitch slows sites

Akamai glitch slows sites 05/24/2004 03:43 PM

Briefly: Akamai glitch slows sites

Briefly: Akamai glitch slows sites 05/24/2004 03:58 PM

Akamai Software Releases New Version of
SwordSearcher Bible Study Software

Akamai Software Releases New Version of
SwordSearcher Bible Study Software 08/12/2004 02:23 AM
Akamai Software has released version 4.5 of SwordSearcher, a Bible study application for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. SwordSearcher provides users with many tools to enhance Bible study, with an intuitive interface that is easy to learn and use, for both devotional and in-depth study. [PRWEB Aug 12, 2004]

Glitch hits AT&T Wireless

Glitch hits AT&T Wireless 11/07/2003 11:10 AM
AT&T Wireless has been having some problems activating service for new subscribers because of a software glitch, but we've also been hearing complaints from existing AT&T customers who have seen their service cut off or disrupted. Read...

Glitch hits iTunes downloads

Glitch hits iTunes downloads 12/22/2004 01:48 AM
Beginning late last week, some Apple users noticed that the Windows version of iTunes would abruptly quit just as they were in the process of purchasing music from the online store. By Monday, more than three dozen users were complaining about the problem in Apple's online forum. An Apple representative declined to comment. In an e-mail interview, iTunes customer Sherman Hall said he experienced the glitch on Thursday.

Computer glitch hits UK air traffic

Computer glitch hits UK air traffic 06/04/2004 02:29 AM
Calcutta Telegraph Jun 4 2004 6:28AM GMT

Computer glitch hits two airlines

Computer glitch hits two airlines 08/02/2004 05:36 PM
A computer glitch grounded flights for U.S. Airways and American Airlines for about three hours yesterday.

Computer glitch hits NZ exchange

Computer glitch hits NZ exchange 12/28/2003 10:41 PM
Sydney Morning Herald Dec 28 2003 9:16PM ET

Java glitch hits OS X update

Java glitch hits OS X update 04/18/2005 09:06 PM
ZDNet Apr 19 2005 1:26AM GMT

Online glitch hits student loans

Online glitch hits student loans 05/21/2004 11:23 AM
Students may have missed a deadline for asking for a loan because of delays to a new online application process.

Major glitch hits Hubble telescope

Major glitch hits Hubble telescope 08/08/2004 12:28 AM

Computer glitch hits student loans

Computer glitch hits student loans 08/12/2004 06:48 PM
Guardian Unlimited Aug 12 2004 11:25PM GMT

Computer glitch hits Virgin flights

Computer glitch hits Virgin flights 09/03/2004 11:23 PM
Townsville Bulletin Sep 4 2004 2:55AM GMT

Glitch hits DirecTV TiVo boxes

Glitch hits DirecTV TiVo boxes 07/28/2004 06:20 PM
A software download apparently hits "pause" on some some digital video recorders.

Product activation glitch hits Symantec

Product activation glitch hits Symantec 10/30/2003 08:16 PM
A few of the 1.2 million customers that have installed the software company's latest Norton security package complain that product activation is failing.

Software glitch brings Y2K deja vu

Software glitch brings Y2K deja vu 12/19/2003 01:16 PM
Applications running on thousands of computers worldwide will become inoperable in a few weeks because of an obscure date-related glitch. Sound familiar?

Virus-fighting software causes Outlook
glitch

Virus-fighting software causes Outlook
glitch 04/02/2005 09:20 AM
Chicago Tribune Apr 2 2005 12:25PM GMT

Symantec lowers earnings report after
software glitch

Symantec lowers earnings report after
software glitch 08/09/2004 08:33 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - Symantec Corp. has lowered its reported revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 by $20 million after discovering that it had incorrectly configured an internally developed accounting tool, the company announced Monday.

Y2k redux? PTC software date glitch
requires patch

Y2k redux? PTC software date glitch
requires patch 12/26/2003 05:26 PM
Without the fix, some products will stop operating on Jan. 10, 2004.

Software glitch causes not-so-merry
melody in new Siemens phones

Software glitch causes not-so-merry
melody in new Siemens phones 08/27/2004 05:26 PM
SiliconValley.com Aug 27 2004 8:19PM GMT

Download.com.sg, a Full Fledged Software
Download Site Hits 100,000 Visits a Day,
Increasing User Base Steadily and
Keeping Software Developers and Sponsors
Happy

Download.com.sg, a Full Fledged Software
Download Site Hits 100,000 Visits a Day,
Increasing User Base Steadily and
Keeping Software Developers and Sponsors
Happy 06/22/2005 01:51 AM
Within a short period of time, download.com.sg has made a mark for itself as the premier software repository. Download.com.sg has added 10,000 memebers over just a few months and is averaging 100,000 visits daily. Its sponsors, mainly software developers who sell their software are kept happy with low advertising rate and high returns. [PRWEB Jun 21, 2005]

Glitch, glitch, glitch, but not everyone
had complaints

Glitch, glitch, glitch, but not everyone
had complaints 07/25/2004 09:03 PM
SiliconValley.com Jul 26 2004 0:36AM GMT

Itanium software upgrade hits bump

Itanium software upgrade hits bump 11/03/2003 01:29 PM
A package that lets Intel's Itanium chips run programs tailored to more mainstream Pentiums and Xeons has been delayed till next year.

Software Piracy Rate Climbs, Hits $29
Bln Globally

Software Piracy Rate Climbs, Hits $29
Bln Globally 07/07/2004 06:32 AM
Boston Globe Jul 7 2004 10:54AM GMT

Software Piracy Rate Climbs, Hits
$29 Bln Globally (Reuters)

Software Piracy Rate Climbs, Hits
$29 Bln Globally (Reuters) 07/07/2004 01:32 AM
Reuters - The global trade in pirated software, from knock-off versions of Microsoft Windows XP to Adobe Acrobat, hit nearly $29 billion in 2003, an industry trade body said in its annual survey on Wednesday.

Akamai Hangs Five

Akamai Hangs Five 04/29/2004 03:00 PM
The distributed computing company has grown revenue for five straight quarters.

Akamai or Backdoor?

Akamai or Backdoor? 10/28/2003 11:07 PM

Recently my brother contacted me via IM to ask about some strange network behavior on his machine.  He was using sysinternals tcpview, and noticed that svchost.exe was opening connections to two IP addresses; one on 80.66.x.x subnet, and another somewhere beneath a different 80.x.x.x subnet.  He was concerned because the IP addresses in question showed up as "unassigned EU block" in the RIPE database.  The closest assigned block to one of the addresses showed up as being assigned to a company in the Netherlands, and the other to a company in Germany (and GeoIP returned the same information using the original IP addresses).

More interesting was the traceroute.  The address that GeoIP reported being in Germany routed to Hurricane Electric in Fremont, California; with the last hop before 80.x.x.x being a 64.x.x.x router in Fremont.  Could someone in Germany actually be within one hop of a router in Fremont? 

After more investigation, we found a google news posting pointing the finger at Windows Update; and particularly to Akamai servers in the 80.x.x.x range.  With a bit more coaxing, we were able to get the RIPE database to reveal that some small subnets within the unassigned blocks were actually assigned to Akamai.  I knew that Windows Update and many other MSFT sites contract to Akamai for edge-caching services, so this was a very plausible resolution.  However, I am left with a few nagging questions:

• Are there any better tools or techniques to find out exactly what chunk of code is accessing the network?  Knowing that svchost.exe is initiating the connection is not very useful.  More useful would be the exact DLL.
• Akamai works by configuring DNS to resolve differently depending on geographic location (ping download.windowsupdate.com to see this in action).  This is a common architecture for our large globally distributed customers' sites who use routing products like Cisco Global Director and F5 3DNS to accomplish this.  However, it leads to a problem -- using reverse DNS from an IP address is rather unlikely to return the same FQDN that was used to resolve the address in the first place.  So starting with an IP address like 80.67.66.16, you have no way of finding out if that was initiated by a call to download122.windowsupdate.com or spywareupload22.gator.com.  And considering the way that Akamai provides services to spyware vendors as well as to MSFT, you can't necessarily trust a network connection just because it is connecting to a block owned by Akamai.  It would be ideal if Akamai offered an IP address lookup service that could be used to verify which of Akamai customers was being serviced by a particular IP.

Without at least one of the two above requests, the only way to verify that the connections were indeed made on behalf of Windows Update was to bounce the service and watch the connections die (and assume Windows Update DLL hadn't been hacked of course).

~

When I first heard that McDonald's was planning to launch a new ad campaign themed "Lovin' It", I immediately got visions of the horribly tacky "Mentos, the Freshmaker!" commercials.  I envisioned some German ad agency telling hapless McDonald's executives, "We know how to make more teens go to McDonald's; we'll use some real groovy stuff and say the words Lovin' It because then kids will think you are cool!"  So today I saw one of the new ads for the first time, and it wasn't all that bad.  Actually it was kind of nice.  It's kind of a feel-good, "happy memories of carefree times" theme, kind of like the Pepsi spots a few years back.

 

Akamai Refinances

Akamai Refinances 02/12/2004 12:43 PM
The tech firm proves refinancing isn't just for homeowners.

Akamai Having Problems?

Akamai Having Problems? 05/24/2004 10:48 AM

Po' mans akamai

Po' mans akamai 05/18/2004 02:56 PM
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Akamai DNS issues

Akamai DNS issues 06/15/2004 09:57 AM

Other News: Akamai Outage

Other News: Akamai Outage 06/16/2004 10:22 AM
Yesterday's blackout of Apple's and other major web sites is was apparently caused by a mysterious Internet attack on Akamai name servers.

Akamai President Named New CEO

Akamai President Named New CEO 04/05/2005 07:50 PM
Web Host Industry Review Apr 5 2005 10:50PM GMT

Akamai 'Zooming in' On Demand

Akamai 'Zooming in' On Demand 04/27/2004 01:19 PM
Content delivery network provider serving up zooming, re-sizing and other dynamic imaging to e-commerce customers, on demand.

Akamai Gains Speed

Akamai Gains Speed 03/17/2005 04:18 AM
What does a $130 million deal mean for a $1.4 billion company? A lot.

Akamai buys Speedera

Akamai buys Speedera 03/17/2005 03:38 AM
Number one buys number two...
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