OAuth is working fine for my site. To be honest, for something that does nothing but interact with Twitter I haven't seen much of a drop in activity.
On Aug 7, 7:28 pm, Rich <rhyl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the update, however PLEASE get oAuth back up and running > ASAP please! > > On Aug 7, 7:05 pm, Ryan Sarver <rsar...@twitter.com> wrote: > > > > > I wanted to send everyone an update to let you know what has been happening, > > the known issues, some suggestions on how to resolve them and some idea of > > how to move forward. > > > *Whats been happening* > > As you know all too well Twitter, among other services, has been getting hit > > pretty hard with a DDoS attack over the past 24+ hours. Yesterday we saw the > > attack come in a number of waves and from a number of different vectors > > increasing in intensity along the way. We were able to stabilize our own > > service for a bit, hence Biz's post saying all was > > well<http://blog.twitter.com/2009/08/update-on-todays-dos-attacks.html>, > > but that didn't mean the attacks had ceased. In fact, at around 3am PST > > today the attacks intensified to almost 10x of what it was yesterday. In > > order for us to defend from the attack we have had to put a number of > > services in place and we know that some of you have gotten caught in the > > crossfire. Please know we are as frustrated as you are and wish there was > > more we could have communicated along the way. > > > *Known Issues* > > * - HTTP 300 response codes* - One of the measures in thwarting the > > onslaught requires that all traffic respect HTTP 30x response codes. This > > will help us identify the good traffic from the bad. > > * - General throttling* - Try to throttle your services back as much as > > possible for you to continue operating. We are working on our end to better > > understand the logic used in throttling traffic on the edge of the network > > and will communicate what we can, but the best idea is to just throttle back > > as much as you can in the mean time. > > * - Streaming API* - as part of the edge throttling we know requests to the > > Streaming API with lists of keywords or uses are getting dropped because the > > request is too large. We are working to get this filter removed and will > > update the list when we know more. > > - *Unexpected HTTP response codes* - we know people are seeing a lot of > > other weirdness and we aren't exactly sure what to attribute the various > > issues to, but know that you aren't alone. > > > As the attacks change our tactics for defense will likely need to change as > > well, so stay active on the list and let us know what problems you are > > seeing and we will do our best to help guide you along. > > > *Moving forward * > > We will try to communicate as much as we can so you guys are up to speed as > > things change and progress. I personally apologize for not communicating > > more in the mean time but there hasn't been much guidance we have been able > > to give other than hold tight with us. We fully appreciate all the long > > hours you are putting in to keep your apps running and supporting your users > > and know we are frustrated with you. Continue to watch this list, > > status.twitter.com and @twitterapi for updates > > > Thanks for your patience, Ryan > > > PM, Platform Team > > @rsarver <http://twitter.com/rsarver>