Network : 2006-Dec-27
All Internet connection to overseas are unstable. The power quality
is also exhibiting extreme fluctuation in the Johor region, due
to flood water damages and attempted repair.
UPDATE December 29: International
Internet connection interruption was caused by the severed underwater
cable near Taiwan; links among affected countries are running at
significantly reduced speed until at least mid-January next year.
UPDATE January 2: Because of severe
interruption, our email system is also running at reduced capacity.
Intra-company emails are not affected.
Network : 2006-Nov-29
There is a rolling blackout of sort with Streamyx service, where
the DSL signals are normal, but PPPoE login attempts are rejected.
In a typical DSL modem/router, this problem manifests itself as
having the LED indicator light labeled DSL (or ADSL, xDSL, Ready,
etc.) on, but the LED indicator light labeled Internet (or PPP,
PPPoE, ShowTime, etc.) remain off.
Left to its own devices, the problem may resovle itself in about
two weeks time. Calling TMNet helpdesk will shorten it to between
2 to 7 days. Calling Telekom technician will only confirm that the
line is ok, who will still refer you to call TMNet helpdesk at 1300-88-9515.
Network : 2006-Nov-28
We have detected significant power quality fluctuation within
the past 48 hours. Expect major blackout in and around Johor Bahru
in the next two weeks.
Vulnerability : 2006-Nov-24
A flaw in the Firefox, Mozilla Corp.'s browser, could let hackers
compromise its users' passwords and usernames, making it easy for
cyber-criminals to steal user's information on websites.
This is a significant flaw, Firefox users must disable automatic
password filling by going into the Security option dialog box.
Virus : 2006-Oct-18
If you run Windows and had purchased a video iPod after September
12, 2006, there is a small risk that the iPod may contain a RavMonE.exe
virus that could infect your computer.
We normally do not issue an alert over such trivial occurrences,
but we make exception for this because of the way Apple shed the
responsibilities. We have known no other virus alert issued with
such condescension. In Apple’s own words:
Vulnerability : 2006-Aug-11
The security hole that is patched by Microsoft MS06-040 on August
8th is so significant, it prompted the US Department of Homeland
Security to issue a public advirosry. At issue is whether this exploit
would cause wide-spread damages on the scale of the Blaster worm.
Sample code exists to show would-be hackers how to exploit this
vulnerability through buffer overrun on Port 139 and 445. There
are also concept worms that probe, attack, take control of the target
system, and launch fresh attack from the compromised system.
All systems running unpatched versions of Windows 2000/XP/2003
are at risk.
To directly access the patch or for more information:
Microsoft
Security Bulletin MS06-040
System : 2006-July-28
We have detected significant power quality degradation in the past
weeks. possibly due partly to the recent heavy downpour in and around
Johor Bahru. Expect power outages within the next two weeks.
System : 2006-July-4
One of our data servers suffers a hard disk failure on its RAID
volume, we will need to bring it off line at 6:45PM today to rebuild
the failed disk. Our database system will be unavailable for 15
minutes. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
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