Marshall Eubanks wrote:

I have not been able to get to any www.ietf.org site for the last hour or so, nor can I ping it (4.17.168.6) from mulitple network locations .

Is this maintenance, a server problem or a DOS attack ?

jeroen@purgatory:~$ host www.ietf.org www.ietf.org has address 4.17.168.6 www.ietf.org has address 132.151.6.21 jeroen@purgatory:~$ host www1.ietf.org www1.ietf.org has address 132.151.1.19 jeroen@purgatory:~$ host www2.ietf.org www2.ietf.org has address 4.17.168.7 www1 works, but www2 is down: traceroute to 4.17.168.7 (4.17.168.7), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 * * * 2 ve-20.rtr-1.ams-sar.cistron.net (62.216.31.157) 18 ms 19 ms 18 ms 3 f04-03.ams-icr-04.carrier1.net (212.4.194.41) 31 ms 31 ms 29 ms 4 g02-00.amd-bbr-02.carrier1.net (212.4.211.213) 20 ms 17 ms 23 ms 5 p04-01-00.ags-icr-01.carrier1.net (212.4.192.34) 20 ms 19 ms 18 ms 6 212.72.45.25 (212.72.45.25) 20 ms 19 ms 20 ms 7 ae0-53.mp1.Amsterdam1.Level3.net (213.244.165.65) 20 ms 21 ms 20 ms 8 so-0-0-0.mp2.London1.Level3.net (212.187.128.25) 27 ms 27 ms 26 ms 9 so-1-0-0.bbr2.NewYork1.level3.net (212.187.128.153) 93 ms 107 ms 92 ms 10 gigabitethernet5-1.core1.NewYork1.Level3.net (64.159.17.101) 92 ms !H 93 ms !H * Could be anything... from this view it just looks it is unavailable... Just use www1 then ;) Greets, Jeroen