[vox-tech] Slashdot's nameservers down?

[Donald Childs]

Here's what I got:

dchilds@dchilds:~$ dig +nocomments +nostats @ns1.vasoftware.com slashdot.or

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @ns1.vasoftware.com slashdot.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;slashdot.org.                  IN      A
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      A       66.35.250.150
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns1.vasoftware.com.
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns2.vasoftware.com.
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns3.vasoftware.com.
ns1.vasoftware.com.     3600    IN      A       12.152.184.135
ns2.vasoftware.com.     3600    IN      A       12.152.184.136
ns3.vasoftware.com.     3600    IN      A       66.35.250.12

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @ns2.vasoftware.com slashdot.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;slashdot.org.                  IN      A
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      A       66.35.250.150
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns1.vasoftware.com.
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns2.vasoftware.com.
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns3.vasoftware.com.
ns1.vasoftware.com.     3600    IN      A       12.152.184.135
ns2.vasoftware.com.     3600    IN      A       12.152.184.136
ns3.vasoftware.com.     3600    IN      A       66.35.250.12

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @ns3.vasoftware.com slashdot.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached


> -----Original Message-----
> From: vox-tech-admin@lists.lugod.org
> [mailto:vox-tech-admin@lists.lugod.org]On Behalf Of Rod Roark
> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 10:59 AM
> To: LUGOD Tech
> Subject: [vox-tech] Slashdot's nameservers down?
>
>
> 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?
>
> Details below.  Note that VA Software appears to be the DNS
> provider.  Perhaps they are down?
>
> -----
>
> rod@rod rod $ dig +nocomments +nostats @a.root-servers.net slashdot.org
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @a.root-servers.net
> slashdot.org
> ;; 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
>
> ; <<>> 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
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @ns1.vasoftware.com
> slashdot.org
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> rod@rod rod $ dig +nocomments +nostats @ns2.vasoftware.com slashdot.org
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @ns2.vasoftware.com
> slashdot.org
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> rod@rod rod $ dig +nocomments +nostats @ns3.vasoftware.com slashdot.org
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> +nocomments +nostats @ns3.vasoftware.com
> slashdot.org
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> rod@rod rod $ /usr/sbin/traceroute ns1.vasoftware.com
>
> -----
>
> -- Rod
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