Name server problems? or did Microsoft forget to pay their bill again?

Wed Jan 24 07:22:09 UTC 2001

On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 11:05:48PM -0800, Sean Donelan wrote:
> 
> It seems like a number of Microsoft related web sites have vanished.

Seems to be Microsoft server problems...

> www.msnbc.com

$ dig msnbc.com @a.root-servers.net

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
msnbc.com.		2D IN NS	DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET.
msnbc.com.		2D IN NS	DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET.	2D IN A		207.46.138.11
DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET.	2D IN A		207.46.138.12

Hmmmm

$ dig www.msnbc.com @207.46.138.11
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; res_nsend to server 207.46.138.11: Connection timed out

$ dig www.msnbc.com @207.46.138.12
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.msnbc.com.		1H IN CNAME	msnbc.com.
msnbc.com.		1H IN A		207.46.150.254
msnbc.com.		1H IN A		207.46.238.109
msnbc.com.		1H IN A		207.46.238.23
msnbc.com.		1H IN A		207.46.238.24
msnbc.com.		1H IN A		207.46.238.26
msnbc.com.		1H IN A		207.46.150.205

> www.microsoft.com

$ dig microsoft.com @a.root-servers.net
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
microsoft.com.		2D IN NS	DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET.
microsoft.com.		2D IN NS	DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET.
microsoft.com.		2D IN NS	DNS7.CP.MSFT.NET.
microsoft.com.		2D IN NS	DNS6.CP.MSFT.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET.	2D IN A		207.46.138.11
DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET.	2D IN A		207.46.138.12
DNS7.CP.MSFT.NET.	2D IN A		207.46.138.21
DNS6.CP.MSFT.NET.	2D IN A		207.46.138.20

$ dig www.microsoft.com @207.46.138.11
;; res_nsend to server 207.46.138.11: Connection timed out

$ dig www.microsoft.com @207.46.138.12
;; res_nsend to server 207.46.138.12: Connection timed out

$ dig www.microsoft.com @207.46.138.21
;; res_nsend to server 207.46.138.21: Connection timed out

$ dig www.microsoft.com @207.46.138.20
;; res_nsend to server 207.46.138.20: Connection timed out

> 
> I've tried from both AT&T and Earthlink, and can't reach them.
> 
> The name servers don't seem to be returning valid answers.  If they
> are in your cache, it works.  But after clearing the cache, nada.
> 
> I noticed name server problems earlier this evening.  Is this spreading?
> 
> 
> 

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