-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just as a follow-up to this: The situation still exists: 198.32.0.0/16 is still missing in action in the routing system, and more importantly, so are EP.net's DNS servers. :-( So, if Bill magically re-appears, or if anyone else can provide any insight or assistance, please contact ops-staff@mail-abuse.org. Thanks, - - ferg - -- "Fergie" <fergdawg@netzero.net> wrote: Paging Bill Manning... Unfortunately, we've tried to reach Bill, as well as other folks at EP.NET to no avail, and this is impacting us quite negatively. [snip] Not available in any routing tables I have access to or any of the looking glasses from http://www.nanog.org/lookingglass.html. this is significant because any in-addr blocks that are authoritative @ flag.ep.net and dot.ep.net will now suffer from reverse name resolution issues. - - From ATT route server: route-server>sh ip bgp 198.32.4.13 % Network not in table - - From CerfNET route server: route-server>sh ip bgp 198.32.4.13 % Network not in table Allstream Toronto: route-server.east>sh ip bgp 198.32.4.13 % Network not in table This has been a problem since yesterday evening. [snip] FYI, some of our address space has been sub-allocated via EP.net and relies on it's reachability: [DOMAIN whois information for EP.NET ] Domain Name: EP.NET Namespace: ICANN Unsponsored Generic TLD - http://www.icann.org TLD Info: See IANA Whois - http://www.iana.org/root-whois/net.htm Registry: VeriSign, Inc. - http://www.verisign-grs.com Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. - http://www.networksolutions.com Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Name Server[whois+dns with ip] DOT.EP.NET 198.32.2.10 Name Server[from whois+dns, whois ip]: DOT.EP.NET 2001:478:6:0:230:48FF:FE22:6A29 Name Server[whois+dns with ip] FLAG.EP.NET 198.32.4.13 Updated Date: 11-Jan-2007 Creation Date: 09-Dec-1994 Expiration Date: 08-Dec-2012 Status: clientTransferProhibited [whois.networksolutions.com] Please contact me off-list is you have any inisght into this. Thanks, - - ferg [snip] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.1 (Build 1012) wj8DBQFGRV/jq1pz9mNUZTMRAjw/AJ0eV+YKWd1L1ze/eTStl+JaJC8s5QCfZhh0 Rf/sutXg5Mj9jK0IZA571do= =8UzZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/