Re: internic.net zone not updating on noc.cerf.net

[John Gonzalez/netMDC admin <ekool () ns1 netmdc com>]

I've been having this problem intermittently for about 3 - 4 days now. I
would do a whois only to have it hit the HOD (Hang of Death(tm)) on me.
Basicly, out of 12 or so whois lookups, one would complete. I'd end up
with 13 or 14 open, hung connections to rs.internic.net.. Seems to be
having the same problems that hotmail was having :)

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Marc Slemko wrote:

> (cc to nanog in case anyone is wondering why they are having sporadic
> problems reaching rs.internic.net...)
>
> $ dig internic.net soa @noc.cerf.net
>
> ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> internic.net soa @noc.cerf.net 
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 1, Auth: 5, Addit: 5
> ;; QUESTIONS:
> ;;      internic.net, type = SOA, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWERS:
> internic.net.   86400   SOA     ops.internic.net. markk.internic.net. (
>                         98103001        ; serial
>                         3600    ; refresh (1 hour)
>                         3600    ; retry (1 hour)
>                         432000  ; expire (5 days)
>                         86400 ) ; minimum (1 day)
>
> [...]
>
> All the other servers have 98104001.  This is a problem because (one of)
> the changes made between those two revisions are to change rs.internic.net
> from having:
>
> rs.internic.net.        900     A       198.41.0.12
> rs.internic.net.        900     A       198.41.0.13
> rs.internic.net.        900     A       198.41.0.6
> rs.internic.net.        900     A       198.41.0.7
> rs.internic.net.        900     A       198.41.0.8
> rs.internic.net.        900     A       198.41.0.9
>
> to:
>
> rs.internic.net.        900     A       198.41.0.6
>
> Currently, rs.internic.net doesn't resolve to a functioning host when a
> resolver asks noc.cerf.net for an answer, unless it happens to pick .6 out
> of the list.  It has been this way for at least a few hours and since the
> refresh is 1h... people will see intermittent problems reaching
> rs.internic.net
>
> Of course, right now whois seems hosed anyway, but...:
>
> $ whois internic.net
>
> Registrant:
> $ 

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