Microsoft Problems :-(
Thorsten Flick
t.flick at iok.net
Wed Jan 24 16:54:30 UTC 2001
i think they run out off power ;-)
did you hear about the problems in california, also the valley, where
microsoft is located ?
Thorsten
> -----Original Message-----
> From: janl at linpro.no [mailto:janl at linpro.no]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 5:45 PM
> To: Klinkefus, David S
> Cc: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> Subject: Re: Microsoft Problems :-(
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> "Klinkefus, David S" <DSKlinkefus at midamerican.com> tastet:
> > Microsoft Web sites suffer large-scale blackout
> ...
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> I think we can disregard the "ICANN fubared" theory.
>
> microsoft.com NS DNS7.CP.MSFT.NET
> microsoft.com NS DNS6.CP.MSFT.NET
> microsoft.com NS DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET
> microsoft.com NS DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET
>
> This matches whois ("whois microsoft.com" is somewhat entertaining
> btw). Furthermore:
>
> DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET A 207.46.138.11
> DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET A 207.46.138.12
> DNS6.CP.MSFT.NET A 207.46.138.20
> DNS7.CP.MSFT.NET A 207.46.138.21
>
> Of course I don't know anything about their network topology, but
> it looks like their nameservers are located at one or perhaps two
> locations within the msft.net. Traceroute to all of them stops at
> the same place, one jump of alter.net, so they all share one point
> of failure it looks like.
>
> This does not tell us anything about what failed and how though.
>
> Nicolai
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