DNS 8.8.8.8 was down

Tue Nov 29 13:12:12 UTC 2011

 On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:06:15 +0200, Denys Fedoryshchenko 
 <denys at visp.net.lb> wrote:
> Google DNS was down few minutes, at least for few European locations
>
> Here is sample traceroute:
>
>  4  213.242.116.25 (213.242.116.25)  39.692 ms  39.776 ms  39.774 ms
>  5  ae-7-7.ebr1.Paris1.Level3.net (4.69.143.238)  50.933 ms  50.792
> ms  50.793 ms
>  6  ae-47-47.ebr1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.143.109)  57.353 ms
> ae-45-45.ebr1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.143.101)  57.580 ms
> ae-48-48.ebr1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.143.113)  57.582 ms
>  7  ae-57-112.csw1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.118)  57.577 ms
> ae-58-113.csw1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.122)  57.693 ms
> ae-57-112.csw1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.118)  57.817 ms
>  8  ae-1-51.edge3.London1.Level3.net (4.69.139.73)  57.654 ms  57.631
> ms  57.768 ms
>  9  unknown.Level3.net (212.113.15.186)  57.958 ms  57.531 ms  57.643 
> ms
> 10  209.85.255.78 (209.85.255.78)  57.732 ms  57.598 ms  57.573 ms
> 11  209.85.253.92 (209.85.253.92)  58.300 ms 209.85.253.196
> (209.85.253.196)  57.941 ms 209.85.253.94 (209.85.253.94)  58.002 ms
> 12  72.14.232.134 (72.14.232.134)  63.726 ms 66.249.95.173
> (66.249.95.173)  63.614 ms 72.14.232.134 (72.14.232.134)  63.699 ms
>
> After this hop it was dead, now it is working, but seems still there
> is minor problems
> 14  216.239.46.117 (216.239.46.117)  64.171 ms * *
> 15  google-public-dns-a.google.com (8.8.8.8)  63.749 ms  63.729 ms  
> 63.680 ms

 Some people saw it from .za as well, although apparently 8.8.4.4 is 
 unaffected.