Need help in flushing DNS

Thu Jun 20 05:49:40 UTC 2013

Anyone have news/explanation about what's happening/happened?

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster at gmail.com>wrote:

> Sure enough:
>
>
>
>  ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> @localhost yelp.com A
>  ; (1 server found)
>  ;; global options: +cmd
>  ;; Got answer:
>  ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 53267
>  ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
>  ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>  ;yelp.com. IN A
>
>  ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>  yelp.com. 300 IN A 204.11.56.20
>
>  ;; Query time: 143 msec
>  ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
>  ;; WHEN: Thu Jun 20 07:33:13 2013
>  ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 42
>
>
>
>
>
> NetRange: 204.11.56.0 - 204.11.59.255
> CIDR: 204.11.56.0/22
> OriginAS: AS40034
> NetName: CONFLUENCE-NETWORKS--TX3
> NetHandle: NET-204-11-56-0-1
> Parent: NET-204-0-0-0-0
> NetType: Direct Allocation
> Comment: Hosted in Austin TX.
> Comment: Abuse :
> Comment: abuse at confluence-networks.com
> Comment: +1-917-386-6118
> RegDate: 2012-09-24
> Updated: 2012-09-24
> Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-204-11-56-0-1
>
> OrgName: Confluence Networks Inc
> OrgId: CN
> Address: 3rd Floor, Omar Hodge Building, Wickhams
> Address: Cay I, P.O. Box 362
> City: Road Town
> StateProv: Tortola
> PostalCode: VG1110
> Country: VG
> RegDate: 2011-04-07
> Updated: 2011-07-05
> Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/CN
>
> OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE3065-ARIN
> OrgAbuseName: Abuse Admin
> OrgAbusePhone: +1-917-386-6118
> OrgAbuseEmail: abuse at confluence-networks.com
> OrgAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ABUSE3065-ARIN
>
> OrgNOCHandle: NOCAD51-ARIN
> OrgNOCName: NOC Admin
> OrgNOCPhone: +1-415-462-7734
> OrgNOCEmail: noc at confluence-networks.com
> OrgNOCRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/NOCAD51-ARIN
>
> OrgTechHandle: TECHA29-ARIN
> OrgTechName: Tech Admin
> OrgTechPhone: +1-415-358-0858
> OrgTechEmail: ipadmin at confluence-networks.com
> OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/TECHA29-ARIN
>
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> - ferg
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Grant Ridder <shortdudey123 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Yelp is evidently also affected
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:19 PM, John Levine <johnl at iecc.com> wrote:
> >
> >> >Reaching out to DNS operators around the globe. Linkedin.com has had
> some
> >> issues with DNS
> >> >and would like DNS operators to flush their DNS. If you see
> >> www.linkedin.com resolving NS to
> >> >ns1617.ztomy.com or ns2617.ztomy.com then please flush your DNS.
> >> >
> >> >Any other info please reach out to me off-list.
> >>
> >> While you're at it, www.usps.com, www.fidelity.com, and other well
> >> known sites have had DNS poisoning problems.  When I restarted my
> >> cache, they look OK.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  fergdawgster(at)gmail.com
>
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