Hi John Did you hear back from anyone? If not, please unicast me and I will connect you with friends in those organisations. Also, you may consider putting to INNOG <https://www.innog.net/mailing-list/> mailing list <https://www.innog.net/mailing-list/> which is more relevant for any issues you see with Indian operators. It's a fairly new NOG but some of us are trying hard to make it work. Thanks. On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 5:51 PM John Von Essen <john@essenz.com> wrote:
Starting yesterday, we’ve noticed the search engine DuckDuckGo being blocked via DNS in India. Specifically, users using Airtel or Tata DNS servers. Other search engines are fine (Bing, etc.,.). I know alot of blocking is occurring in India recently, but I think the net was incorrectly cast over this one. Its not all ISPs in India, so far just Airtel and Tata.
$ dig @122.166.234.70 duckduckgo.com
; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @122.166.234.70 duckduckgo.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 7316 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4000 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;duckduckgo.com. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: rpz.airtelblack.com. 262 IN SOA rpz.airtelblack.com. hostmaster.rpz.airtelblack.com. 2360 3 3 2419200 604800
$ dig @59.163.126.38 duckduckgo.com
; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @59.163.126.38 duckduckgo.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36722 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4000 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;duckduckgo.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION: duckduckgo.com. 10800 IN A 127.0.0.1
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