The UTC campus network has been experiencing Internet problems today due 
to what appears to be an attack on a campus system from an off campus 
site. The attack consists of a very large number of network packets 
coming at a very high rate aimed at a campus server, which has the 
effect of consuming the majority of the campus's Internet bandwidth.

We have mitigated the internal effects of this attack on the campus 
network, but we have no control over the Internet side of the connection 
so it continues to slow down access to the Internet and access from the 
Internet to campus services (e.g. www.utc.edu, onenet, library, etc.)

We have contacted the appropriate network authorities in an attempt to 
stop the attack. We are also in contact with Qwest, UTC's Internet 
provider, to get help to limit the effects of the attack.

As of 2pm Qwest is helping to block the attack so UTC Internet access 
should be working better now.


Thanks,
Richard
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Richard L Gambrell, Director of Information Systems
Information Technology Division, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
103 Admin Dept 4054, 615 McCallie Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
Report IT Problems: [log in to unmask] or 423-425-4000
IT Business Office: 423-425-1755
Main UTC phone: 423-425-4111