As the subject says really, paypal's DNS servers don't appear to be responding for me... [root@oracle1 oracle]# dig @a.gtld-servers.net paypal.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net paypal.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38254 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;paypal.com. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: paypal.com. 172800 IN NS ppns1.den.paypal.com. paypal.com. 172800 IN NS ppns1.phx.paypal.com. paypal.com. 172800 IN NS ppns2.den.paypal.com. paypal.com. 172800 IN NS ppns2.phx.paypal.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ppns1.den.paypal.com. 172800 IN A 216.113.188.121 ppns1.phx.paypal.com. 172800 IN A 66.211.168.226 ppns2.den.paypal.com. 172800 IN A 216.113.188.122 ppns2.phx.paypal.com. 172800 IN A 66.211.168.227 ;; Query time: 32 msec ;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(a.gtld-servers.net) ;; WHEN: Thu Jan 29 21:34:58 2009 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 180 [root@oracle1 oracle]# dig @216.113.188.121 paypal.com ns ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @216.113.188.121 paypal.com ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached [root@oracle1 oracle]# [root@oracle1 oracle]# dig @66.211.168.226 paypal.com ns ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @66.211.168.226 paypal.com ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached