For amusement (more on root nameserver problem)

Sat Nov 14 03:10:54 UTC 1998

Hi,

Received the following recently. I'll let it speak for itself.

Regards,
-drc

-------- Original Message --------

>>From: FGC Sunnyvale NOC [mailto:snvnoc at globalcenter.net] 
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 4:14 PM
>>To: global at isi.net
>>Subject: Internet Degradation November 11, 1998
>>
>>Inconsistencies between InterNIC and the Internet Software Consortium
>>(root-servers.net) caused a wide-scale DNS outage today starting around
>>17:15 UTC (09:15 PST). Technically, F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET's cache seemed to
>>have been removed or in some way distorted. A number of domains may have
>>shown up as non-existant during queries. This has in no way affected
>>internal FGC nameservers. 
>>
>>Unfortunately, InterNIC was unaware of this situation directly. The
>>Internet Software Consortium who maintain the root-servers were
>>unavailable for discussing the situation directly. 
>>
>>The situation was resolved at approximately 20:30 UTC (12:30 PST).
>>
>>Frontier GlobalCenter ticket #981111066 was created to track this
>>service degradation. 
>>
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