New Features

New features on the Bytel Members Area, and this one has been a long time coming:

• DNS Editing - Edit the DNS for any domain hosted on Bytel's DNS servers.

Changes to Domain Renewals

We've made some long needed changes to the way domain name renewals are handled. From now onwards when you receive your domain name renewal notice it will contain a unique link to the Bytel members area. This link will allow you to pick what domains needs to be renewed, and our system will then automatically renew those domains without the need for human intervention as the old methods required.

Example email

Emergency Outage Notice :: LINX

We have been notified by one of circuit providers that our LINX connection may be going down for a few hours tonight. Actual impact should only be a momentary blip while traffic re-routes to our other connections.

Start Date/Time: Tuesday 25th August 2009, @ 00:00
End Date/Time: Tuesday 25th August 2009, @ 06:00

Ulster Bank Phising Scam

From Wikipedia: In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

This morning we have witnessed a number of emails purporting to be from Ulster Bank, and claiming that your account has either been compromised or that someone is attempting to log into it, and asking you to verify your details.

No bank, including Ulster Bank, will ever ask you for your online banking login details. If you receive one of these emails do not respond to it and do not click on any links included. If you are worried about the security of your account or have any reason to suspect a problem you should contact your bank immediately.

Outage Update :: web2.bytel.net.uk/http

The outage has now been resolved. Normal service should resume shortly.

Device: web2.bytel.net.uk
Service: http
Status: up

Outage :: web2.bytel.net.uk/http

A failure has been detected as below. Engineers have been notified and are currently investigating the problem.

Device: web2.bytel.net.uk
Service: http
Status: down