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Problem: [53379] mx.core.plus.net & mx.core.metronet.co.uk timing out Status: Closed
Problem description Added on: 16/09/2008 @ 07:11

Connections to mx.core.plus.net & mx.core.metronet.co.uk are intermittently timing out.

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Comment updated on: 16/09/2008 @ 07:18

Connections to the loadbalancers are being maxed. Investigating why this is.

Comment updated on: 16/09/2008 @ 08:05

The increased connections which are maxing out the mxcore loadbalancers look to be caused by a dictionary attack. We have tuned the thresholds on Postini for these types of attacks and we are now monitoring.

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