[vox-tech] Slashdot's nameservers down?

[Ken Bloom]

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On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 10:59:21AM -0700, Rod Roark wrote:
> >>From here it appears that slashdot.org has no working
> authoritative nameservers.  I can get to slashdot if I use
> my ISP's nameserver, but presumably that is because they
> have it cached.  Is anyone else seeing this?
>=20
> Details below.  Note that VA Software appears to be the DNS
> provider.  Perhaps they are down?
>=20
> -----
>=20
> rod@rod rod $ dig +nocomments +nostats @a.root-servers.net slashdot.org
>=20
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @a.root-servers.net slashdot.o=
rg
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;slashdot.org.                  IN      A
> org.                    172800  IN      NS      TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET.
> org.                    172800  IN      NS      TLD2.ULTRADNS.NET.
> TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET.      172800  IN      A       204.74.112.1
> TLD2.ULTRADNS.NET.      172800  IN      A       204.74.113.1
> rod@rod rod $ dig +nocomments +nostats @tld1.ultradns.net slashdot.org
>=20
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @tld1.ultradns.net slashdot.org
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;slashdot.org.                  IN      A
> SLASHDOT.ORG.           172800  IN      NS      NS3.VASOFTWARE.COM.
> SLASHDOT.ORG.           172800  IN      NS      NS2.VASOFTWARE.COM.
> SLASHDOT.ORG.           172800  IN      NS      NS1.VASOFTWARE.COM.
> rod@rod rod $ dig +nocomments +nostats @ns1.vasoftware.com slashdot.org
>=20
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @ns1.vasoftware.com slashdot.o=
rg
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> rod@rod rod $ dig +nocomments +nostats @ns2.vasoftware.com slashdot.org
>=20
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @ns2.vasoftware.com slashdot.o=
rg
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> rod@rod rod $ dig +nocomments +nostats @ns3.vasoftware.com slashdot.org
>=20
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @ns3.vasoftware.com slashdot.o=
rg
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> rod@rod rod $ /usr/sbin/traceroute ns1.vasoftware.com

Haha! Slashdot got slashdotted!
(Mod +5: Funny)

But seriously, I get 3 nameservers: ns[1-3].vasoftware.com., I can't
ping 2 and 3, but I'm successfully pinging 1.

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