Anyone from Airtel or Tata on list? DNS block issue on search engine
Starting yesterday, we’ve noticed the search engine DuckDuckGo being blocked via DNS in India. Specifically, users using Airtel or Tata DNS servers. Other search engines are fine (Bing, etc.,.). I know alot of blocking is occurring in India recently, but I think the net was incorrectly cast over this one. Its not all ISPs in India, so far just Airtel and Tata. $ dig @122.166.234.70 duckduckgo.com ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @122.166.234.70 duckduckgo.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 7316 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4000 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;duckduckgo.com. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: rpz.airtelblack.com. 262 IN SOA rpz.airtelblack.com. hostmaster.rpz.airtelblack.com. 2360 3 3 2419200 604800 $ dig @59.163.126.38 duckduckgo.com ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @59.163.126.38 duckduckgo.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36722 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4000 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;duckduckgo.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: duckduckgo.com. 10800 IN A 127.0.0.1
Hi John Did you hear back from anyone? If not, please unicast me and I will connect you with friends in those organisations. Also, you may consider putting to INNOG <https://www.innog.net/mailing-list/> mailing list <https://www.innog.net/mailing-list/> which is more relevant for any issues you see with Indian operators. It's a fairly new NOG but some of us are trying hard to make it work. Thanks. On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 5:51 PM John Von Essen <john@essenz.com> wrote:
Starting yesterday, we’ve noticed the search engine DuckDuckGo being blocked via DNS in India. Specifically, users using Airtel or Tata DNS servers. Other search engines are fine (Bing, etc.,.). I know alot of blocking is occurring in India recently, but I think the net was incorrectly cast over this one. Its not all ISPs in India, so far just Airtel and Tata.
$ dig @122.166.234.70 duckduckgo.com
; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @122.166.234.70 duckduckgo.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 7316 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4000 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;duckduckgo.com. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: rpz.airtelblack.com. 262 IN SOA rpz.airtelblack.com. hostmaster.rpz.airtelblack.com. 2360 3 3 2419200 604800
$ dig @59.163.126.38 duckduckgo.com
; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @59.163.126.38 duckduckgo.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36722 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4000 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;duckduckgo.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION: duckduckgo.com. 10800 IN A 127.0.0.1
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