| Akamai publishes inaugural ‘State of the Internet’ report
Beginning with this report, Akamai will be publishing every quarter. The report will include data on the origins of attack traffic, network outages and de-peering events, as well as a look at broadband connectivity by geography. In addition to providing a quarterly summary, Akamai will document trends seen in the data over time. Akamai’s report will also aggregate publicly available news and information about notable events seen throughout the quarter, including denial of service attacks, website hacks, and network events. During the first quarter of 2008 Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 125 unique countries around the world. China and the United States were the two largest attack traffic sources, accounting for some 30 percent of this traffic in total. Akamai observed attack traffic targeted at 23 unique network ports. Many of the ports that saw the highest levels of attack traffic were targeted by worms, viruses, and bots that spread across the Internet several years ago. A number of major network events occurred during the first quarter that impacted millions of Internet users. At the end of January, undersea cable cuts in the Mediterranean Sea severed Internet connectivity between the Middle East and Europe, drastically slowing communications. De-peering events between major networks impacted Internet communications for selected Internet users in the United States and Europe for a two-week period. A routing change by a telecommunications provider spread across the Internet resulting in a popular Internet video sharing site to go offline for several hours. Akamai is planning to release its second quarter State of the Internet report in August.
•Date: 4th June 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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