Was this site down this AM? Again?

meos1 · July 31, 2003 3:50AM

Seemed to be non-reponsive. I was able to access of the net sites so its not me.

Dan

GaCoinGuy · July 31, 2003 3:51AM

I think it was....I was able to get on the main page once.....and no further, and then couldn't get the main page....

Russ · July 31, 2003 3:52AM

Yep, it was dead.

Russ, NCNE

KlectorKid · July 31, 2003 3:52AM

Yes it was down this morning.

Louis · July 31, 2003 3:56AM

Yeeees

meos1 · July 31, 2003 4:01AM

So while stricter controls have been issued by the management, they still cannot control the web server reliability. Anyone know what the platform is for this server?

Dan

I got a wheat penny in change at lunch

LAWMAN · July 31, 2003 4:08AM

Who suffered withdrawal when it was down (other than me)? The other side's board had some info on this one being down. Hmmm.

Russ · July 31, 2003 4:12AM

<< <i>So while stricter controls have been issued by the management, they still cannot control the web server reliability. Anyone know what the platform is for this server? >>

It's Windows NT, but it had nothing to do with the server the site is on. DNS service was down.

Russ, NCNE

meos1 · July 31, 2003 4:18AM

DNS on NT was crap. I wonder if they are any BIND servers upstream for them. So they are on IIS 4.0 I see an upgrade to 6.0 in thier future!

David, call me if you need assistance.

Dan Watson,

IIS developer Support, Microsoft Corporation

MadMarty · July 31, 2003 5:01AM

According to PCGS, DNS at network solutions went down! Ouch!

meos1 · July 31, 2003 6:24AM

If DNS at NS went down a large point of DNS resolvers went off line. I clipped this off of NS site:

Features:
100% uptime: A robust service level agreement on DNS resolution from multiple server locations.

Flexibility: Primary or Secondary DNS management; you choose what fits your needs.

Control: You have complete control over your DNS information with an easy to use and secure web interface

24 x 7 support: Phone and e-mail support from VeriSign's team of DNS experts. More Features

If you are like most medium to large companies your online operations account for a significant percentage of revenue. You cannot afford for your website or email to be down. DNS is critical to making sure your web site is available to your customers and your email works.

The fact that they have multiple servers that are geographically spread means someone at PCGS does not understand DNS. Its almost unheard of for a top level DNS resolver to collapse in on its self. I think the last time it happened was 1994.

I love those SAEs. I am looking for a reasonable priced 55 franklin in OK shape.

Dan

Russ · July 31, 2003 6:32AM

PCGS may indeed be a little confused. NSLookup shows their DNS provider to be dnsmanaged.com. Unless that provider is part of NS?

Russ, NCNE

meos1 · July 31, 2003 7:05AM

Very well could be cause the the provider is supposed to be NS but that is actually a sub co of Verisign!

So aint that nice.

I like trimes too!

Dan

ohbaby · July 31, 2003 7:17AM

Do you guys speak English?!

Russ · July 31, 2003 7:35AM

ohbaby,

I imagine that is a little confusing. DNS stands for "Domain Name Server". As humans, we talk in words, but computers talk in numbers. Each domain name is assigned a numerical IP address. The DNS servers translate the web address, or "name" that you type in to a browser in to that IP address. They also serve as the storehouse of what is where and who is who.

When the DNS service is down for a web site, for all practical purposes, it is gone from cyberspace.

Russ, NCNE

meos1 · July 31, 2003 7:36AM

Oh yeah, I speak english! And computeriese too!

meos1 · August 1, 2003 12:11AM

Seemed to be having diffuculties this morning also...

Dan

my3cents · August 1, 2003 12:29AM

somethings going on on the net as a whole. Even Yahoo was down for a while last night among a few others. I imagine we'll see a news story in a few days....

nwcs · August 1, 2003 1:16AM

<< <i>DNS on NT was crap. I wonder if they are any BIND servers upstream for them. So they are on IIS 4.0 I see an upgrade to 6.0 in thier future!

David, call me if you need assistance.

Dan Watson,

IIS developer Support, Microsoft Corporation >>

Hey Dan! Maybe I can bum some info from you once in a while.

Neil, Microsoft .NET developer

meos1 · August 1, 2003 3:03AM

Neil, Fire away... I will supply as much of my feable mind as I can. I do know that there is a new IIS scan tool that is being used to probe IIS systems and determine thier vulnerability level. MS has come out and said that MS0-026 needs to be install to prevent a B. O. vulnerability. If you do your not at risk. But if you don't you could be subseptable to exploits that seem to be increasing over the past week.

I am looking for a reasonable 55 Franklin....

Dan

David_R · August 1, 2003 1:21PM

Hey All,

I'm very much in the know as to what happened (let's just say I've got an internal source - me!). dnsmanaged.com is Network Solutions' managed DNS service and yes, they did have a serious outage that caused some downtime for us (as well as 30,000 other sites!).

And yes, I'm aware of the 100% DNS resolution guarantee that Network Solutions promotes on their website... Believe me, I had some nice conversations with the NetSol folks this morning.

So it's not "crap" DNS on NT, nor poor management controls on the website (we've got all sorts of clustering and load-balancing), it was just one of those things somewhat out of our control. What was worst is that NetSol's DNS servers weren't 100% down, so our secondary servers couldn't kick in, we were stuck waiting for them to get the problem fixed.

I'm sure some of you noticed eBay's problems a few days ago... it happens to the best of us!

-david

P.S. if anyone ever has these types of questions or concerns, please feel free to send me a message.

JxnBoy · August 1, 2003 1:25PM

David_R,

Thanks for the information.

David

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