This is from the "5.19 Incident" took place, at the cusp of the first meeting of the Storm description will explain the matter. Previously, users had accused the storm left the back door and automatic software, connect to the network process.
Storm Media CEO FENG Xin said the storm decided to "recall" old product, called Storm 120 million users to uninstall the existing storm client. This is the first time the software sector, the implementation of software products, "recall."
FENG Xin announced that beginning today to stop the old version to download, and will be released at a later date, "Storm Door Special Edition" client, and said the software will automatically connect to the Internet function to be improved.
It is reported that the new version of Storm video will give customers choice, self-closing storm to decide whether the background audio and video programs.
FENG Xin said that being named "Storm Door" Special edition of a new version of the Storm video, will make significant improvements in network characteristics. Improved after the player software, network anomaly (DNS service can not resolve) cases, the number of requests interconnection is only 6% of the previous version, will greatly reduce the Internet to bring to China a "burden."
The data show that from the telecommunications sector, leading to paralysis of the huge network domain name resolution request, the flow of audio and video from the storm as high as 40%. This is the second December 27, 2006 earthquake in Taiwan led to interruption of submarine fiber optic cable has been China's most serious accident in a network.
From the beginning the evening of May 19, Jiangsu and other provinces and cities have experienced Internet users reflect the failure, there not open web pages, QQ, MSN and other instant messaging tools dropped calls, could not listen on the network, watching audio and video and so on.
Subsequently, the Ministry of Public letter to identify the cause of the accident is the Department of DNS name resolution failure. Meanwhile, the Storm video release an official announcement said, will be a backup domain name server, to avoid similar problems in the software of the Internet security mechanism to increase the adjustment of the technology will storm worked overtime to complete its work within three days.
Following is the text of a statement Storm video:
May 19, a network of sudden storms, causing domestic provinces and cities network goes down, plug, causing widespread concern in society. This is the second December 27, 2006 earthquake in Taiwan led to interruption of submarine fiber optic cable has been China's most serious accident in a network.
"Storm door" after the incident, public letter in conjunction with the Department of Emergency Storm, China Telecom and other 9 units to analyze the reasons and unanimously held that the "storm door" that the incident involved in the hacking of the telecommunications DNS server, attack, storm companies are also of this incident victims.
At the same time from the telecommunications sector data indicate that the cause of network downtime is a huge domain name resolution request, the flow of audio and video from the storm as high as 40%.
Storm's clearly recognized that, with 120 million users Storm video, and its actions affecting the entire Chinese Internet nerves, shoulder greater social responsibility!
Although the storm does not affect the audio and video versions of normal use by users, in order to avoid similar incidents from happening again, the company decided to storm all the old versions of 120 million Storm video to recall:
1, from June 1, the storm will, in its official website (www.baofeng.com) to stop all previous versions of Storm video player software to download, and provide a comprehensive recall of advice;
Second, since June 19, the users can begin to remove the storm audio software company will be replaced with storm storm available to all users of the video, "Storm Door" Special Edition.
3, since June 1 to July 1, storm companies will launch a 24-hour recall hotline 4008108689 via the hotline, the user can consult free of charge to apply for a new version of player software CD-ROM.
Has been named "Storm Door" Special edition of a new version of the Storm video, will make significant improvements in network characteristics. Improved after the player software, network anomaly (DNS service can not resolve) cases, the number of requests interconnection is only 6% of the previous version, will greatly reduce the Internet to bring to China a "burden."
Storm's grateful to the Government sector, the media and the general Internet users has always been on the Storm audio-visual support and encouragement, but also grateful for this "storm door" event from all sides of the criticisms and suggestions. Storm the company will continue to work for all users to provide the best video player service software.
Beijing Storm Internet Technologies
June 1, 2009
