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ethProxy DDoS Mitigation Service Update Provides Self-learning DDoS Protection

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

ServerOrigin Communications released an update for ethProxy DDoS mitigation. More than 3 months of comparison testing shows that ethProxy provides the most accurate DDoS protection in the history of the market.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ — ServerOrigin Communications (http://www.serverorigin.com) is releasing the newest update for its ethProxy DDoS mitigation service. This update will enable ethProxy to be the first self-learning denial-of-service system on the market, making this the most advanced DDoS protection service available anywhere.

“This is the first time in the mitigation world where a product can be enabled on a site and learn the difference between good and bad traffic coming into a website,” ServerOrigin CEO Kevin Hatfield said. “Until now, providers rely on appliances or custom software which is based on hard limits and thresholds. This update changes the way the consumer should look at protection. We have successfully built a product which will determine anomalies based on normal traffic flow with strictly dynamic rulesets.”

Set up to use ethProxy is easy. Users simply point their domain at the IP Address provided by ServerOrigin Communications. Traffic is then filtered and routed back to the user. The user’s IP will be hidden and guarded behind the proxy solution to filter any malicious traffic before it reaches their server. Only clean, legitimate traffic will be allowed to reach the user’s web site.

“We have a multi-million dollar investment and hundreds of thousands of man-hours building out this solution. We are hands-down, the best,” Hatfield said. “If I didn’t believe it, we would likely be reselling a competitors product or not be in business at all. Instead, we are continually seeing growth of more than 200% each fiscal year in a time where the economy is unstable and many online providers are closing up shop. I believe it speaks directly to our dedication and quality that we bring to the table.”

Along with AnyCast DNS services through a partnership with DNSMadeEasy earlier in the year, the ethProxy service already stands as the giant in the business with fully automated datacenter failover and redundancy across multiple points across the United States, including Seattle, Dallas and Washington, DC. It also has the largest service level agreement from any DDoS mitigation provider, now at a 99.998% guarantee.

About ServerOrigin Communications:

ServerOrigin Communications specializes in enterprise DDoS protection and hosting, while ranking among the top DDoS protection providers worldwide. Services include CDN-based DDoS mitigation, AnyCast DNS, and intrusion detection. ServerOrigin utilizes more than 30 POP locations in the United States and is the premium solution for companies seeking 99.998% service levels with protection against online attacks as large as 30Gbps. Since its founding in 2006, DDoS mitigation provider ServerOrigin Communications has protected more than 1,000,000 domains worldwide.

Contact:
Deanna Markova
646-863-4085
sales(at)serverorigin(dot)com

http://www.serverorigin.com

What a pain! Isn’t upgrading a Playstation 3 hard drive supposed to be simple??

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

I had the *EXACT* same issues this weekend as outlined by this brilliant other user below. I had purchased a 40GB PS3 about a year or so ago, I guess. Anyway, with the huge PS3 updates and game data getting larger every game release, I was fortunate enough to start running out of space. So much that I had actually purchased 3 movies and had to delete them all.

Anyway, so I ordered a new hard drive from Newegg and the drive came in the next day! *SWEET* Now six hours in, by sheer luck, I found the post below and thankfully this guy/girl posted this because I had downloaded the update from Sony’s site 3 times. I had tried a CD-ROM/USB Stick x3/External Harddrive x2 and no luck. I had everything at FAT32 and even did a CRC verify on the downloads… Anyway, here is the info below and if you have this same problem, don’t fret. In case the link goes away, I have provided a local download link as well.

VERSION 3.15 – PS3UPDAT.PUP – DOWNLOAD HERE

Yesterday, I finally got my 500G hard drive for my PS3. I used an external hard drive to back up all my data. No problems there.

I remove the 80G drive and replace it with the 500G drive. So far, so good.

I turn the system on and see this:

“The system software cannot be run correctly. Press the PS button to try to restart the system.

If the system cannot be restarted, the system portion of the hard disk must be reformatted and you must reinstall the sysytem software. Connect storage media that contains update data of version 3.15 or later, and then press the START and SELECT buttons at the same time. For information on how to obtain update data, refer to the SCE website for your region.”

Ugh… Okay. So I check the manual and verify that I have to download the update data. Here is what it said, and exactly what I did:

Step 1: Download the system software update data by going to http://www.us.playstation.com/ps3 –> No problem.

Step 2: Save the update data on storage media. Use CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, BD-RE, USB Flash Drive (Must be FAT32 format) or Memory Stick Duo. Using a PC, open your storage media and create a folder titled “PS3″. (Note below that step says “folder name must be in all uppercase letters.”) Open the “PS3″ folder and create a folder titled “UPDATE”. Save the update data download into that UPDATE folder with the path reading *:PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP. –> No problem there. Followed instructions to the letter.

Step 3: Install the system software. –> PROBLEM!

I got the following message instead:

“No applicable update data was found. Connect storage media that contains update data of version 3.15 or later, and then press the START and SELECT buttons at the same time.”

I called Tech Support. Went through it with them step by step. Still the same message.

I tried another flash drive.

I tried a CD-R.

I tried a DVD-RW.

I tried a FAT32 external USB hard drive.

Nothing worked. Over and over, it was 159MB of useless. After checking the net for 3 hours for something, anything that could help. I was about ready to give up. Then, I found a forum thread full of people having the same issue I was having. Luckily, one of the replies held the answer. It read:

“k guys when i went to download the firmware from here [url]http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/SystemUpdates/PS3/pc_update.html i guess the firmware is wrong or something cuz i couldnt get it to work

so i went to http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ps3updates&thread.id=85 and downloaded the 3.15 firmware from there and now i got it to work!!!!!! thank god”

So I clicked on the link. At the top of that page was a link to download the 3.15 update data. So I figured I’d try it. I click on the link and it began to download onto my flash drive in the UPDATE folder, inside the PS3 folder. The first thing I noticed was the download file size. Not 159MB, as in all my previous attempts. It was 163MB.

It finishes downloading, and I plug the flash drive into my PS3 and press the START and SELECT buttons. After about 10 seconds of “Checking…” BAAAMMM!

It worked! The system updated and formatted my new hard drive without another delay. It was awesome! Apparently, the missing 4MB of data were critical, because the update data won’t work without it. Now I have a perfectly working 500G PS3 with plenty of memory, and I no longer feel the need to break something electronic with something heavy.

Anyway, here’s the link for the useful update data:

http://dus01.ps3.update.playstation.net/update/ps3/image/us/2009_1210_54ee80e14e479f8351a988eb9a472072/PS3UPDAT.PUP

Do you have Sesquipedalophobia?

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Ran across this list of phobias and figured it’d be something to post! Never knew some of these even existed…Damn! People are weird :)

Achluophobia Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia Fear of noise.
Acrophobia Fear of heights.
Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded places.
Ailurophobia Fear of cats.
Alektorophobia Fear of chickens.
Alliumphobia Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia Fear of opinions.
Altophobia Fear of heights.
Amaxophobia Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia Fear of walking.
Ancraophobia or Anemophobia Fear of wind.
Androphobia Fear of men.
Anglophobia Fear of England, English culture, etc.
Anthrophobia Fear of flowers.
Antlophobia Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia Fear of being touched.
Apiphobia Fear of bees.
Apotemnophobia Fear of persons with amputations. Arachnephobia/Arachnophobia Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia Fear of numbers.
Arrhenphobia Fear of men. Arsonphobia Fear of fire.
Astraphobia/Astrapophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.
Astrophobia Fear of stars/space.
Ataxophobia Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia Fear of imperfection.
Athazagoraphobia Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atychiphobia Fear of failure.
Aurophobia Fear of gold.
Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues
Automysophobia Fear of being dirty.
Autophobia Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Aviophobia/Aviatophobia Fear of flying.

Bacillophobia Fear of microbes.
Bacteriophobia Fear of bacteria.
Bathmophobia Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
Batophobia Fear of heights.
Batrachophobia Fear of amphibians (like frogs)
Belonephobia Fear of pins and needles.
Bibliophobia Fear of books.
Botanophobia Fear of plants.
Brontophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.

Cacophobia Fear of ugliness.
Cainophobia/Cainotophobia Fear of newness, novelty.
Caligynephobia Fear of beautiful women.
Carnophobia Fear of meat.
Catagelophobia Fear of being ridiculed.
Catoptrophobia Fear of mirrors.
Cenophobia / Centophobia Fear of new things or ideas.
Ceraunophobia Fear of thunder.
Chaetophobia Fear of hair.
Chionophobia Fear of snow.
Chiraptophobia Fear of being touched.
Chirophobia Fear of hands.
Chorophobia Fear of dancing.
Chrometophobia/Chrematophobia Fear of money.
Chromophobia/Chromatophobia Fear of colors.
Chronomentrophobia Fear of clocks.
Cibophobia/Sitophobia/Sitiophobia Fear of food.
Claustrophobia Fear of confined spaces.
Climacophobia Fear of stairs.
Clinophobia Fear of going to bed.
Coimetrophobia Fear of cemeteries.
Coulrophobia Fear of clowns.
Cyberphobia Fear of computers.
Cyclophobia Fear of bicycles.
Cymophobia Fear of waves.
Cynophobia Fear of dogs.

Demophobia Fear of crowds.
Dendrophobia Fear of trees.
Dentophobia Fear of dentists.
Didaskaleinophobia Fear of going to school.
Dipsophobia Fear of drinking.
Dishabiliophobia Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Dromophobia Fear of crossing streets.

Eisoptrophobia Fear of mirrors.
Elurophobia Fear of cats.
Emetophobia Fear of vomiting.
Entomophobia Fear of insects.
Ephebiphobia Fear of teenagers.
Epistaxiophobia Fear of nosebleeds.
Equinophobia Fear of horses.
Ergophobia Fear of work.

Felinophobia Fear of cats.

Gamophobia Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia Fear of laughter.
Genophobia Fear of sex.
Gephyrophobia, Gephydrophobia, or Gephysrophobia Fear of crossing bridges.
Gerascophobia Fear of growing old.
Glossophobia Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. Gynephobia/Gynophobia Fear of women.

Haphephobia/Haptephobia Fear of being touched.
Harpaxophobia Fear of being robbed.
Heliophobia Fear of the sun.
Hemophobia/Hemaphobia/Hematophobia Fear of blood.
Hierophobia Fear of priests or sacred things.
Hominophobia Fear of men.
Hylophobia Fear of forests.

Iatrophobia Fear of doctors.
Ichthyophobia Fear of fish.

Judeophobia Fear of Jews.

Keraunophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.
Kymophobia Fear of waves.

Lachanophobia Fear of vegetables.
Ligyrophobia Fear of loud noises.
Limnophobia Fear of lakes.
Liticaphobia Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia Fear of childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia Fear of computers.
Logophobia Fear of words.
Lygophobia Fear of darkness.

Macrophobia Fear of long waits.
Mageirocophobia Fear of cooking.
Maieusiophobia Fear of childbirth.
Megalophobia Fear of large things.
Melissophobia Fear of bees.
Methyphobia Fear of alcohol.
Microphobia Fear of small things.
Misophobia Fear of being contaminated with dirt/germs.
Monophobia Fear of solitude or being alone.
Motorphobia Fear of automobiles.
Musophobia/Murophobia Fear of mice.

Necrophobia Fear of death / dead things.
Neophobia Fear of anything new.
Nosocomephobia Fear of hospitals.
Numerophobia Fear of numbers.

Ochlophobia Fear of crowds or mobs.
Ophidiophobia Fear of snakes.
Ophthalmophobia Fear of being stared at.
Ornithophobia Fear of birds.

Pedophobia Fear of children.
Peladophobia Fear of bald people.
Phasmophobia Fear of ghosts.
Placophobia Fear of tombstones.
Plutophobia Fear of wealth.
Pogonophobia Fear of beards.
Potamophobia Fear of rivers or running water.
Pteronophobia Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia fear of puppets.
Pyrophobia Fear of fire.

Rhytiphobia Fear of getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia Fear of dirt.

Scolionophobia Fear of school.
Selachophobia Fear of sharks.
Sesquipedalophobia Fear of long words.

Tachophobia Fear of speed.
Technophobia Fear of technology.
Telephonophobia Fear of telephones.
Testophobia Fear of taking tests.
Theophobia Fear of gods or religion.
Trypanophobia Fear of injections.

Venustraphobia Fear of beautiful women.
Verbophobia Fear of words.
Verminophobia Fear of germs.
Vestiphobia Fear of clothing.

Xenoglossophobia Fear of foreign languages.

Zoophobia Fear of animals