Is avid.com and the DUC under attack?

[Carl Kolchak]

The DUC inexplicable vanished last week, and many people seem to be having trouble accessing it since.

I just tried to log in to my Avid account at avid.com, and instead of the log-in page, was greeted with this message:


Alive and Kicking!


What's going on Avid, is the site being hijacked?

[DigiTechSupt]

my avid.com master account seems to be working fine.

[nst7]

I have recently had trouble also. I always use Google Chrome as my Internet browser, and lately I keep getting weird notices (can't access server, etc.) when I try to access the DUC.

If I use Safari, there's no problem. Strange.

[Benoni]

Originally Posted by nst7

I have recently had trouble also. I always use Google Chrome as my Internet browser, and lately I keep getting weird notices (can't access server, etc.) when I try to access the DUC.

If I use Safari, there's no problem. Strange.

Hmm... I have been having slow response on the DUC the past couple days...

Has Avid checked to see if someone is launching DDOS attacks on them, or something like that.

[aka21stCentury]

Whenever these government code wars are going on the web is affected.

Be aware there are multiple vulnerabilities listed below at www.cert.org

Link to affected OS's. http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/

Personally I think to prevent DNS DOS the TTL in the DNS server's cache is automatically reduced. Ditto with routers/switches so our requests time out. Load balancing works behind the scenes so you never know what path your many DNS requests are routed. Perhaps to legacy routers/switches... in a last ditch effort to prevent DOS.

[Carl Kolchak]

Originally Posted by DigiTechSupt

my avid.com master account seems to be working fine.

Yeah, mine worked almost immediately when I tried a second time - but I thought it was pretty random/suspect that I would be met with a white page offering the message:

Alive and Kicking!

and the time & date.


Bit worried I'd run in to a Prince Of Darkness type situation, fortunately it didn't continue:


You will not be saved by the Holy Ghost.

You will not be saved by the God Plutonium.

In fact...

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED!

[danander11]

Maybe this?

[Craig F]

using Crome 15.xx... and it's been fine every time I stop by