On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 11:05:48PM -0800, Sean Donelan wrote:
It seems like a number of Microsoft related web sites have vanished.
Seems to be Microsoft server problems...
www.msnbc.com
$ dig msnbc.com @a.root-servers.net ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: msnbc.com. 2D IN NS DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET. msnbc.com. 2D IN NS DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET. 2D IN A 207.46.138.11 DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET. 2D IN A 207.46.138.12 Hmmmm $ dig www.msnbc.com @207.46.138.11 ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; res_nsend to server 207.46.138.11: Connection timed out $ dig www.msnbc.com @207.46.138.12 ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.msnbc.com. 1H IN CNAME msnbc.com. msnbc.com. 1H IN A 207.46.150.254 msnbc.com. 1H IN A 207.46.238.109 msnbc.com. 1H IN A 207.46.238.23 msnbc.com. 1H IN A 207.46.238.24 msnbc.com. 1H IN A 207.46.238.26 msnbc.com. 1H IN A 207.46.150.205
www.microsoft.com
$ dig microsoft.com @a.root-servers.net ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: microsoft.com. 2D IN NS DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET. microsoft.com. 2D IN NS DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET. microsoft.com. 2D IN NS DNS7.CP.MSFT.NET. microsoft.com. 2D IN NS DNS6.CP.MSFT.NET. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET. 2D IN A 207.46.138.11 DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET. 2D IN A 207.46.138.12 DNS7.CP.MSFT.NET. 2D IN A 207.46.138.21 DNS6.CP.MSFT.NET. 2D IN A 207.46.138.20 $ dig www.microsoft.com @207.46.138.11 ;; res_nsend to server 207.46.138.11: Connection timed out $ dig www.microsoft.com @207.46.138.12 ;; res_nsend to server 207.46.138.12: Connection timed out $ dig www.microsoft.com @207.46.138.21 ;; res_nsend to server 207.46.138.21: Connection timed out $ dig www.microsoft.com @207.46.138.20 ;; res_nsend to server 207.46.138.20: Connection timed out
I've tried from both AT&T and Earthlink, and can't reach them.
The name servers don't seem to be returning valid answers. If they are in your cache, it works. But after clearing the cache, nada.
I noticed name server problems earlier this evening. Is this spreading?
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