http://www.arlnow.com/2010/10/27/nsf-building-evacuated-in-ballston-after-ap... lightning strike -> electrical fire -Dave On Oct 27, 2010, at 3:58 PM, Samuel Petreski wrote:

I think they had a fire in the building.

--Samuel

-- Samuel Petreski Sr. Security Analyst Georgetown University

-----Original Message----- From: Ernie Rubi [mailto:ernesto@cs.fiu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:46 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: NSF.gov Unavailable

Um, down for everyone reports it as down for everyone.

Any news as to what may be causing it?

Ernesto M. Rubi Sr. Network Engineer AMPATH/CIARA Florida International Univ, Miami Reply-to: ernesto@cs.fiu.edu Cell: 786-282-6783

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us> wrote:

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http://www.arlnow.com/2010/10/27/nsf-building-evacuated-in-ballston- after-apparent-lightning-strike/

lightning strike -> electrical fire

At the science foundation.  Nature has a sense of irony.

The real irony is that the folks who brought you the NSFnet apparently didn't get the memo vis-a-vis geographic diversity in one's secondary nameservers (rfc 2182 et al). Always good for a few yuks when ill-mannered MTAs start getting unhappy and dropping mail on the floor rather than queueing because they can't resolve the name rather than can't can't connect to the destination (which just about everyone handles fairly well). nsf.gov. 86400 IN NS swirl.nsf.gov. nsf.gov. 86400 IN NS TWISTER.nsf.gov. nsf.gov. 86400 IN NS WHIRL.nsf.gov. ;; Received 139 bytes from 66.207.175.172#53(f.usadotgov.net) in 70 ms dig: couldn't get address for 'WHIRL.nsf.gov': not found % This happened to the University of Eastern Kentucky a couple of years back during the floods there, and I'm sure it happens to other lower-profile sites on a daily basis. I think there is a lesson in here for the community. Drive Slow, Paul