Paypal DNS Problems?

Thu Jan 29 21:38:13 UTC 2009

As the subject says really, paypal's DNS servers don't appear to be
responding for me...

[root at oracle1 oracle]# dig @a.gtld-servers.net paypal.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net paypal.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38254
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;paypal.com.                    IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
paypal.com.             172800  IN      NS      ppns1.den.paypal.com.
paypal.com.             172800  IN      NS      ppns1.phx.paypal.com.
paypal.com.             172800  IN      NS      ppns2.den.paypal.com.
paypal.com.             172800  IN      NS      ppns2.phx.paypal.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ppns1.den.paypal.com.   172800  IN      A       216.113.188.121
ppns1.phx.paypal.com.   172800  IN      A       66.211.168.226
ppns2.den.paypal.com.   172800  IN      A       216.113.188.122
ppns2.phx.paypal.com.   172800  IN      A       66.211.168.227

;; Query time: 32 msec
;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(a.gtld-servers.net)
;; WHEN: Thu Jan 29 21:34:58 2009
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 180

[root at oracle1 oracle]# dig @216.113.188.121 paypal.com ns

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @216.113.188.121 paypal.com ns
;; global options:  printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
[root at oracle1 oracle]#
[root at oracle1 oracle]# dig @66.211.168.226 paypal.com ns

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @66.211.168.226 paypal.com ns
;; global options:  printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached