Re: Microsoft DNS Outage?

[<william () elan net>]

Well its working now. Amazing how quickly some problems get fixed after 
posting at nanog like this.. (or hopefully it was not related and they did 
it on their own) But I'm sure there was 5 minute outage, at least for me. 

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 william () elan net wrote:

> Looks like microsoft is having dns outage.. Anybody else seeing this or is 
> it only me?
>
>
> [william@sokol william]$ whois microsoft.com () completewhois com | more
>
> [whois.crsnic.net]
>
> Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
> with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
> for detailed information.
>
>    Domain Name: MICROSOFT.COM
>    Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
>    Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
>    Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
>    Name Server[with whois ip]: DNS1.CP.MSFT.NET 207.46.138.20
>    Name Server[with whois ip]: DNS1.TK.MSFT.NET 207.46.245.230
>    Name Server[with whois ip]: DNS3.UK.MSFT.NET 213.199.144.151
>    Name Server[with whois ip]: DNS3.JP.MSFT.NET 207.46.72.123
>    Name Server[with whois ip]: DNS1.DC.MSFT.NET 207.68.128.151
>    Name Server[with whois ip]: DNS1.SJ.MSFT.NET 65.54.248.222
>    Updated Date: 07-jun-2002
>
> ....
>
> [william@sokol william]$ nslookup
> Default Server:  dns1.elan.net
> Address:  216.151.192.1
>
> > server 207.46.138.20
> Default Server:  [207.46.138.20]
> Address:  207.46.138.20
>
> > www.microsoft.com
> Server:  [207.46.138.20]
> Address:  207.46.138.20
>
> *** [207.46.138.20] can't find www.microsoft.com: Server failed
> > server 207.46.245.230
> Default Server:  dns1.tk.msft.net
> Address:  207.46.245.230
>
> > www.microsoft.com
> Server:  dns1.tk.msft.net
> Address:  207.46.245.230
>
> *** dns1.tk.msft.net can't find www.microsoft.com: Server failed
> > server 213.199.144.151
> Default Server:  dns3.uk.msft.net
> Address:  213.199.144.151
>
> > www.microsoft.com
> Server:  dns3.uk.msft.net
> Address:  213.199.144.151
>
> *** dns3.uk.msft.net can't find www.microsoft.com: Server failed
> > exit
>
> [william@sokol william] date
> [Fri Dec  6 01:18:00 PST 2002
>
> [william@sokol william]$ nslookup
> Default Server:  dns1.elan.net
> Address:  216.151.192.1
>
> > server 207.46.72.123
> Default Server:  dns3jp.msft.net
> Address:  207.46.72.123
>
> > www.microsoft.com
> Server:  dns3jp.msft.net
> Address:  207.46.72.123
>
> *** dns3jp.msft.net can't find www.microsoft.com: Server failed
> > server 207.68.128.151
> Default Server:  dns1.dc.msft.net
> Address:  207.68.128.151
>
> > www.microsoft.com
> Server:  dns1.dc.msft.net
> Address:  207.68.128.151
>
> *** dns1.dc.msft.net can't find www.microsoft.com: Server failed
> > server 65.54.248.222
>
> > server 65.54.248.222
> Authoritative answers can be found from:
> 248.54.65.in-addr.arpa  nameserver = ns1.hotmail.com
> 248.54.65.in-addr.arpa  nameserver = ns2.hotmail.com
> 248.54.65.in-addr.arpa  nameserver = ns3.hotmail.com
> 248.54.65.in-addr.arpa  nameserver = ns4.hotmail.com
> 248.54.65.in-addr.arpa  nameserver = tuk1-dns-1.sea.msnglobal.net
> 248.54.65.in-addr.arpa  nameserver = tuk2-dns-1.sea.msnglobal.net
> Default Server:  [65.54.248.222]
> Address:  65.54.248.222
>
> > www.microsoft.com
> Server:  [65.54.248.222]
> Address:  65.54.248.222
>
> *** [65.54.248.222] can't find www.microsoft.com: Server failed
> > exit