OpenDNS still has A records for nipr.mil authoritative nameservers. % dig -t ns nipr.mil @resolver1.opendns.com ; <<>> DiG 9.9.3-P2 <<>> -t ns nipr.mil @resolver1.opendns.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37645 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;nipr.mil. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: nipr.mil. 20126 IN NS EUR2.nipr.mil. nipr.mil. 20126 IN NS EUR1.nipr.mil. nipr.mil. 20126 IN NS PAC2.nipr.mil. nipr.mil. 20126 IN NS CON1.nipr.mil. nipr.mil. 20126 IN NS PAC1.nipr.mil. nipr.mil. 20126 IN NS CON2.nipr.mil. ;; Query time: 58 msec ;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222) ;; WHEN: Tue May 20 04:09:11 UTC 2014 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 151 % dig eur2.nipr.mil @resolver1.opendns.com ; <<>> DiG 9.9.3-P2 <<>> eur2.nipr.mil @resolver1.opendns.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44901 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;eur2.nipr.mil. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: eur2.nipr.mil. 20103 IN A 199.252.143.234 ;; Query time: 56 msec ;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222) ;; WHEN: Tue May 20 04:09:34 UTC 2014 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 58 On 20 May 2014 03:01, Tony Wicks <tony@wicks.co.nz> wrote: All those Domain servers seem to be in the one /16 and my traces show them all taking the same network path... Well that is pretty poor planning... http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/mil.html -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of jamie rishaw Sent: Tuesday, 20 May 2014 2:40 p.m. To: NANOG list Subject: All of .mil tld is down At time of post.. .mil. is down. Apparently an Anonymous "Operation Payback". .mil nameservers are unresponsive.