from a stateside host psg.com:/usr/home/randy> dig ssa.gov. ns ; <<>> DiG 9.4.3-P2 <<>> ssa.gov. ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37734 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 4 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;ssa.gov. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: ssa.gov. 24370 IN NS dns1.ssa.gov. ssa.gov. 24370 IN NS dns6.ssa.gov. ssa.gov. 24370 IN NS dns5.ssa.gov. ssa.gov. 24370 IN NS dns2.ssa.gov. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: dns1.ssa.gov. 34072 IN A 199.173.231.82 dns2.ssa.gov. 34073 IN A 199.173.231.83 dns5.ssa.gov. 34073 IN A 137.200.4.30 dns6.ssa.gov. 34074 IN A 137.200.4.31 ;; Query time: 0 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Thu Feb 2 03:45:15 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 165 psg.com:/usr/home/randy> dig +short @199.173.231.82 www.ssa.gov. any www.socialsecurity.gov. CNAME 7 3 60 20120224201936 20120125195419 21905 ssa.gov. XSnBe3L3rTcD2FO778x43NOJaVf2OeMoSN8hBOSJFqfUfXAyH9qE5X1Q +tuRgigLs4qE7Fr40GI7SANxkltYdICJbEfvYikKMDW/hi8wp8mKHYQP SmXRGZz3ZizUaLb1DNTTWePIJDCrwEkZ5oVSEqoaV5xjDnWQ0twwILve I3Q= psg.com:/usr/home/randy> dig +short @199.173.231.83 www.ssa.gov. any www.socialsecurity.gov. CNAME 7 3 60 20120224201936 20120125195419 21905 ssa.gov. XSnBe3L3rTcD2FO778x43NOJaVf2OeMoSN8hBOSJFqfUfXAyH9qE5X1Q +tuRgigLs4qE7Fr40GI7SANxkltYdICJbEfvYikKMDW/hi8wp8mKHYQP SmXRGZz3ZizUaLb1DNTTWePIJDCrwEkZ5oVSEqoaV5xjDnWQ0twwILve I3Q= psg.com:/usr/home/randy> dig +short @137.200.4.30 www.ssa.gov. any www.socialsecurity.gov. CNAME 7 3 60 20120224201936 20120125195419 21905 ssa.gov. XSnBe3L3rTcD2FO778x43NOJaVf2OeMoSN8hBOSJFqfUfXAyH9qE5X1Q +tuRgigLs4qE7Fr40GI7SANxkltYdICJbEfvYikKMDW/hi8wp8mKHYQP SmXRGZz3ZizUaLb1DNTTWePIJDCrwEkZ5oVSEqoaV5xjDnWQ0twwILve I3Q= psg.com:/usr/home/randy> dig +short @137.200.4.31 www.ssa.gov. any www.socialsecurity.gov. CNAME 7 3 60 20120224201936 20120125195419 21905 ssa.gov. XSnBe3L3rTcD2FO778x43NOJaVf2OeMoSN8hBOSJFqfUfXAyH9qE5X1Q +tuRgigLs4qE7Fr40GI7SANxkltYdICJbEfvYikKMDW/hi8wp8mKHYQP SmXRGZz3ZizUaLb1DNTTWePIJDCrwEkZ5oVSEqoaV5xjDnWQ0twwILve I3Q= psg.com:/usr/home/randy> traceroute 199.173.231.82 traceroute to 199.173.231.82 (199.173.231.82), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 r0.sea.rg.net (147.28.0.4) 0.314 ms 1.224 ms 0.202 ms 2 r1.sea.rg.net (147.28.0.5) 0.340 ms 0.306 ms 0.349 ms 3 sl-gw20-sea-3-2-1.sprintlink.net (144.232.9.61) 0.355 ms 0.305 ms 0.228 ms 4 144.232.3.126 (144.232.3.126) 0.352 ms 0.379 ms 0.353 ms 5 0.xe-11-3-0.BR2.SEA7.ALTER.NET (204.255.168.217) 14.365 ms 1.081 ms 1.075 ms 6 0.ge-2-3-0.XT2.SEA7.ALTER.NET (152.63.104.21) 1.097 ms 1.127 ms 1.082 ms 7 0.ge-1-2-0.XT2.DCA6.ALTER.NET (152.63.40.46) 73.575 ms 73.635 ms 73.528 ms 8 GigabitEthernet7-0-0.GW8.DCA6.ALTER.NET (152.63.40.81) 75.535 ms 75.595 ms 75.545 ms 9 ssa-gw.customer.alter.net (152.179.9.34) 76.652 ms 76.522 ms 76.671 ms 10 * *^C psg.com:/usr/home/randy> traceroute 137.200.4.30 traceroute to 137.200.4.30 (137.200.4.30), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 r0.sea.rg.net (147.28.0.4) 0.378 ms 0.253 ms 0.332 ms 2 r1.sea.rg.net (147.28.0.5) 0.340 ms 0.394 ms 0.339 ms 3 sl-gw20-sea-3-2-1.sprintlink.net (144.232.9.61) 0.348 ms 0.263 ms 0.214 ms 4 144.232.3.126 (144.232.3.126) 66.830 ms 0.345 ms 0.323 ms 5 0.xe-11-3-0.BR2.SEA7.ALTER.NET (204.255.168.217) 0.977 ms 1.006 ms 1.100 ms 6 0.ge-2-3-0.XT2.SEA7.ALTER.NET (152.63.104.21) 26.587 ms 1.173 ms 1.086 ms 7 0.ge-7-0-0.XL2.RDU1.ALTER.NET (152.63.33.38) 86.052 ms 86.084 ms 86.024 ms 8 POS7-0.GW5.RDU1.ALTER.NET (152.63.35.177) 83.282 ms 83.371 ms 83.145 ms 9 157.130.212.98 (157.130.212.98) 85.254 ms 84.998 ms 85.170 ms 10 137.200.1.123 (137.200.1.123) 92.646 ms 92.727 ms 92.762 ms 11 *^C so they have a firewall, but i can get there. but from tokyo rair.psg.com:/Users/randy> dig +short @199.173.231.82 www.ssa.gov. any ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached rair.psg.com:/Users/randy> dig +short @199.173.231.83 www.ssa.gov. any ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached rair.psg.com:/Users/randy> dig +short @137.200.4.30 www.ssa.gov. any ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached rair.psg.com:/Users/randy> dig +short @137.200.4.31 www.ssa.gov. any ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached rair.psg.com:/Users/randy> traceroute 199.173.231.82 traceroute to 199.173.231.82 (199.173.231.82), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 5.528 ms 2.325 ms 2.504 ms 2 tokyo10-f01.flets.2iij.net (210.149.34.66) 6.912 ms 9.912 ms 11.519 ms 3 tokyo10-ntteast1.flets.2iij.net (210.149.34.113) 5.684 ms 5.820 ms 5.621 ms 4 tky001lip21.iij.net (210.149.34.101) 8.553 ms 6.054 ms 6.600 ms 5 tky001bb10.iij.net (58.138.100.217) 5.350 ms 5.412 ms 5.058 ms 6 tky001bf00.iij.net (58.138.80.1) 11.748 ms tky001bf01.iij.net (58.138.80.5) 5.268 ms 7.389 ms 7 sjc002bf01.iij.net (216.98.96.62) 104.972 ms sjc002bf02.iij.net (206.132.169.109) 106.686 ms sjc002bf01.iij.net (216.98.96.62) 105.618 ms 8 sjc002bb10.iij.net (206.132.169.2) 126.691 ms sjc002bb10.iij.net (206.132.169.6) 134.246 ms sjc002bb10.iij.net (206.132.169.10) 108.460 ms 9 gigabitethernet1-1.gw2.sjc7.alter.net (152.179.48.1) 110.772 ms 109.116 ms 114.488 ms 10 0.so-0-0-1.xl4.sjc7.alter.net (152.63.51.50) 102.308 ms 106.149 ms 109.410 ms 11 0.so-7-3-0.xt2.dca6.alter.net (152.63.0.245) 187.469 ms 183.993 ms 194.484 ms 12 gigabitethernet7-0-0.gw8.dca6.alter.net (152.63.40.81) 259.830 ms 234.873 ms 186.634 ms 13 * * * ^C rair.psg.com:/Users/randy> traceroute 137.200.4.30 traceroute to 137.200.4.30 (137.200.4.30), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 10.197 ms 1.979 ms 4.218 ms 2 tokyo10-f01.flets.2iij.net (210.149.34.66) 9.268 ms 6.284 ms 6.184 ms 3 tokyo10-ntteast1.flets.2iij.net (210.149.34.113) 5.913 ms 10.127 ms 6.532 ms 4 tky001lip21.iij.net (210.149.34.101) 7.983 ms 6.036 ms 6.199 ms 5 tky001bb10.iij.net (58.138.100.217) 5.774 ms 21.691 ms 7.265 ms 6 tky001bf01.iij.net (58.138.80.5) 9.906 ms tky008bf00.iij.net (58.138.80.9) 8.371 ms tky001bf01.iij.net (58.138.80.5) 5.930 ms 7 sjc002bf00.iij.net (216.98.96.186) 117.184 ms 113.652 ms sjc002bf01.iij.net (216.98.96.62) 104.728 ms 8 sjc002bb10.iij.net (206.132.169.10) 114.864 ms sjc002bb10.iij.net (206.132.169.6) 111.701 ms sjc002bb10.iij.net (206.132.169.10) 142.274 ms 9 gigabitethernet1-1.gw2.sjc7.alter.net (152.179.48.1) 123.611 ms 115.159 ms 112.298 ms 10 0.so-0-0-1.xl4.sjc7.alter.net (152.63.51.50) 111.010 ms 104.429 ms 108.738 ms 11 0.so-1-2-0.xl2.rdu1.alter.net (152.63.27.38) 349.150 ms 209.448 ms 207.871 ms 12 pos7-0.gw5.rdu1.alter.net (152.63.35.177) 222.413 ms 208.135 ms 269.150 ms 13 * *^C and, i noticed the problem because i can not get to the web site at http://www.ssa.gov/ from tokyo. randy