Why is discussion of a single site's DNS configuration screwup appropriate for NANOG? Is your goal to get the word out to people who use E*TRADE? I don't think NANOG is right for that. Is your goal to get the word out to network providers of people who use E*TRADE? Do you really expect that many of them will forward this announcement or make good use of it? Should a message be sent to NANOG every time CNN, Netscape, or Yahoo go down? Am I missing something here? [Like a sense of humor?] --jhawk
Delivered-To: nanog-outgoing@merit.edu X-Sender: (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:11:57 -0500 To: nanog@merit.edu From: Kai Schlichting <kai@pac-rim.net> Subject: www.etrade.com has no DNS A record ! Precedence: bulk Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu X-Loop: nanog
Expect some major customer complaints about this one: www.etrade.com has no A record, and all other addresses are redirected to that very name.
I just sent this to Etrade: