diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh index 417f665..1247cec 100755 --- a/deploy.sh +++ b/deploy.sh @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -#!/bin/bash -x +#!/bin/bash ######################################################################## # # Website deployment script diff --git a/user/pages/01.home/maintenance-log/default.md b/user/pages/01.home/maintenance-log/default.md index d27694b..7312867 100755 --- a/user/pages/01.home/maintenance-log/default.md +++ b/user/pages/01.home/maintenance-log/default.md @@ -10,6 +10,34 @@ A log of changes to the burble.dn42 network. ## burble.dn42 Maintenance Log +#### 10th May 2019 + +dn42-us-chi2 was suspended by the provider on 8/5 due to 'NTP reflection attacks'. + +This is a hazard of running a busy NTP server as part of the (NTP Pool)[https://www.ntppool.org/en/); +providers can get twitchy when they see a large amount of NTP traffic, due to the well publicised +vulnerabilities in stock NTPd. + +My network uses chronyd rather than NTPd and it is simply not vulnerable to abuse in the same way +as NTPd, I also regularly monitor and check the services. On the other hand, the server does see +a large amount of NTP traffic and it can sometimes be difficult demonstrating that I'm +specifically providing a service here and not under some kind of attack. + +Apologies that the server was offline for a few days, but it should now finally be back again. + +For info, here is the bandwidth graph of dn42-us-chi2 as it was suspended: + +![Bandwidth Graph](markarian-bandwidth-190510.png) + +It's trivial to see that an amplification attack was not occuring, as the inbound and outbound +traffic are both equal. It's a shame some providers don't consider this before suspending services, +but, understandable that the economics of providing VPS services can prohibt this. + +Added new peers: + +* [AS4242422322](https://explorer.burble.com/#/aut-num/AS4242422322) / +[PLASMATRIX](https://explorer.burble.com/#/mntner/PLASMATRIX-MNT) at dn42-de-fra1 + #### 5th May 2019 Added git service. diff --git a/user/pages/01.home/maintenance-log/markarian-bandwidth-190510.png b/user/pages/01.home/maintenance-log/markarian-bandwidth-190510.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c38fda6 Binary files /dev/null and b/user/pages/01.home/maintenance-log/markarian-bandwidth-190510.png differ