.ORG problems this evening

Thu Sep 18 05:27:41 UTC 2003

TV> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 00:50:28 -0400 (EDT)
TV> From: Todd Vierling

TV> tld[12].ultradns.net, the NS for .ORG, was completely
TV> unreachable for about an hour or two this evening, timing out
TV> on all DNS queries.  Anyone else see similar?  (The hosts are

I don't recall having troubles this evening.  Perhaps there was a
DoS or something pounding the anycast node you were hitting?
With multiple sinkholes, it's no longer "all or nothing".

Anycast is good stuff, IMHO, but not impervious to flooding.

Eddy
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