Yahoo and IPv6

Michael Dillon wavetossed at googlemail.com
Thu May 19 03:54:24 UTC 2011


>> Right now I see something like ool-6038bdcc.static.optonline.net for one
>> of our servers, how does this
>> mean anything to anyone else?
>
> Does http://وزارة-الأتصالات.مصر/ mean more to you?
>
> Or http://xn--4gbrim.xn----ymcbaaajlc6dj7bxne2c.xn--wgbh1c which is what it
> translates to in your browser.

Actually, it translates to
http://xn----rmckbbajlc6dj7bxne2c.xn--wgbh1c/ in the browser which
then redirects to the URL that you quoted above.

Got to pay attention to these details if you want to keep up your
troubleshooting skills.

--Michael Dillon




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