Microsoft Problems :-(

[Blake Roberts]

The power problems are in California, not in Washington state where
Microsoft is located.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Thorsten Flick [mailto:t.flick at iok.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 8:55 AM
To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
Subject: RE: Microsoft Problems :-( 



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
> ...
> 
> 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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