Anurags-MacBook-Pro:~ anurag$ dig @8.8.8.8 www.akamai.net. ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> @8.8.8.8 www.akamai.net. ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: *NXDOMAIN*, id: 2274 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.akamai.net. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: akamai.net. 167 IN SOA internal.akamaitech.net. hostmaster.akamai.com. 1383839413 90000 90000 90000 180 ;; Query time: 26 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Thu Nov 7 16:50:27 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 109 Anurags-MacBook-Pro:~ anurag$ That's weird! Missing "akamai.net" entry from the authoritative DNS nodes? I am in Austria right now and so likely my nearby node giving bad replies. -- Anurag Bhatia anuragbhatia.com Linkedin <http://in.linkedin.com/in/anuragbhatia21> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/anurag_bhatia> Skype: anuragbhatia.com