AOL DNS - temporary resolution of problem
alex at nac.net
alex at nac.net
Sat Oct 17 03:34:24 UTC 1998
Wow. I thought originally that this was a hijack; good to see that it
wasn't.
The question that I have remaining is, "How'd this happen?"
How did the primary DNS mysteriously change?
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, David Hares - AutoNet wrote:
>
> At about noon today NetworkTwo (formerly Autonet) noticed heavy usage of
> our Internet links and DNS. When we investigated we discovered what you
> already know ... someone pointed AOL's root server entry at us. We
> contacted AOL about the same time they contacted us. AOL asked us to load
> their primary zone file on our DNS, but it quickly became apparent that our
> upstream pipe and our DNS server could not handle the load. We (AOL and
> N2) contacted NetworkTwo's upstream provider MichNet (aka Merit of
> nanog at merit.edu fame). Merit loaned us their new, not yet in service, DNS
> server. This was loaded with both the AOL and Autonet primary zones.
> Merit then hijacked the 206.88.0.x network and redirected it to their
> server, where AOL and Autonet are currently resolving. Some of my clients
> are affected, but most have been pointed to other name servers.
>
> The InterNIC folks predict it will take 18 hours for the root servers to
> be up to date. We will monitor the situation throughout the weekend, and
> take apart this hack when the number of queries drops off.
>
> On behalf of NetworkTwo, I'd like to thank the on call staff at Merit and
> AOL, all of whom pitched in totally professional way with time and
> equipment to solve this problem. Thanks also to Goodnet (spelling?), a
> peer of AOL and MichNet, who offered equipment and bandwidth that we might
> have needed, but didn't.
>
> On a personal note, it's nice to find out that people can still work
> together in a crisis. Now if we can only get NSI to secure the domain
> update process ...
>
> With hopes for a calmer weekend,
>
> Dave Hares
>
> --
> David L. Hares, Director of Network Engineering
> NetworkTwo Communications Group Phone: (313) 995-6539
> 175 Jackson Plaza FAX : (313) 995-6458
> Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (USA) Email: dhares at networktwo.net
>
>
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