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Lets be journalists!

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  • 07-07-2009 12:14pm
    #1
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,449 ✭✭✭✭


    Ireland's largest ISP Eircom has confirmed that there was a domain name server (DNS) outage on its website last night after users complained they were being redirected to bogus sites, leading to speculation the company’s server has been hacked.
    The company so far has not issued a statement on the extent of the outage or if indeed it was hacked. A statement is due shortly.
    Users last night posted threads on Boards.ie that they had been experiencing serious DNS slowdowns and odd occurances such as when visiting Facebook or RTE.ie they would be redirected to sites showing pictures of scantily clad women or advertising pages.
    Typically, users reported sites acting normally, but certain pages were refusing to load.    The problem is understood to have first manifested itself at the weekend.
    At the time of writing, an Eircom spokesman confirmed that it has had issues with its servers and that a statement would be forthcoming.

    Source: http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/13367/


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    #2
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    You'd think they would apologize for the outage


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    #3
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Wait a few days - they'll probably blames boards.ie for it somehow.

    Go Eircom!


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    #4
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,067 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Theres also an article on Softpedia

    Boards is cited there too


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    #5
    IsMiseConor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 180 ✭✭IsMiseConor


    Boards.ie is in the Irish Indepantant like every week...
    We are always qouted there.


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    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    IsMiseConor wrote: »
    Boards.ie is in the Irish Indepantant like every week...
    We are always qouted there.

    We add quality to their humdrum shite.


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    #7
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,067 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Yeah but the fact that Boards users broke this story before Eircom even acknowledged there was a problem is a joke, for such a big company.

    This DNS issue has been going on for a week at least


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    Schism
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Schism


    Post story on Boards, wait for users to corroborate. Win.

    We got this whole journalism thing down. :pac:


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    #9
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    We need a new story...something big...and believable...


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    #10
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I switched to OpenDNS, worked a charm since


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    trustno1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 493 ✭✭trustno1


    TheZohan wrote: »
    We need a new story...something big...and believable...

    'Michael Jackson is dead'... oh wait....


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    #12
    An Fear Aniar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭An Fear Aniar


    Magnus wrote: »
    I switched to OpenDNS, worked a charm since

    Yep, OpenDNS is the way to go.

    .


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    BlitzKrieg
    Registered Users Posts: 14,685 ✭✭✭✭BlitzKrieg


    trustno1 wrote: »
    'Michael Jackson is dead'... oh wait....

    Janet Jackson is dead

    eh?

    see what I did there.



    who cares if its not true!


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    #14
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    thats why the internet wouldnt work!


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