Exodus Down

Sun Jun 24 01:06:42 UTC 2001

This from the SuSE Linux mail list may help :-)

>>>>> Forwarded message from "Lewis E. Wolfgang" <wolfgang at nosc.mil>

Something is definitely rotten here.

Whois reports:

   Server Name: SLASHDOT.ORG.SUCKS.COMPARED.TO.JIMPHILLIPS.ORG
   IP Address: 24.240.60.16
   Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
   Referral URL: http://www.opensrs.org

   Domain Name: SLASHDOT.ORG
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
   Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
   Name Server: NS1.ANDOVER.NET
   Name Server: NS2.ANDOVER.NET
   Updated Date: 13-jun-2001                          

I've never seen whois report two registrars, especially one that says
"SLASHDOT.ORG.SUCKS.COMPARED.TO.JIMPHILLIPS.ORG"

I also noticed that traceroutes to both slashdot and freshmeat went
through 64.14.80.154, then stopped at that point.

I'd guess that some cracker broke something somewhere?  Maybe a
DNS crack?  Maybe Andover went bankrupt and pulled the plug
on us?  Maybe Micro$oft is behind this?   

It sort of illustrates the hazards of having all the open-source
eggs on one server farm....

Regards,
Lew Wolfgang

On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, ZephyrQ wrote:

> 
> 	I've been trying all day to get my /. fix, as well as
> Freshmeat!
> 
> 	Did I miss an announcement?  Or is there something else going
> on?
> 
>