[nsp-sec] No access to www.ssa.gov

[Joel Rosenblatt]

This is what we see:

% dig +trace ssa.gov

; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2 <<>> +trace ssa.gov
;; global options:  printcmd
.                       238248  IN      NS      J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       238248  IN      NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
;; Received 500 bytes from 128.59.59.70#53(128.59.59.70) in 20 ms

gov.                    172800  IN      NS      a.gov.zoneedit.com.
gov.                    172800  IN      NS      b.gov.zoneedit.com.
gov.                    172800  IN      NS      c.gov.zoneedit.com.
gov.                    172800  IN      NS      d.gov.zoneedit.com.
gov.                    172800  IN      NS      e.gov.zoneedit.com.
gov.                    172800  IN      NS      f.gov.zoneedit.com.
gov.                    172800  IN      NS      g.gov.zoneedit.com.
;; Received 265 bytes from 199.7.83.42#53(L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) in 53 ms

ssa.gov.                86400   IN      NS      dns5.ssa.gov.
ssa.gov.                86400   IN      NS      dns1.ssa.gov.
ssa.gov.                86400   IN      NS      dns6.ssa.gov.
ssa.gov.                86400   IN      NS      DNS2.ssa.gov.
;; Received 165 bytes from 216.55.155.29#53(a.gov.zoneedit.com) in 67 ms

dig: couldn't get address for 'dns6.ssa.gov': not found


Joel

--On Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:26 PM -0500 Rob Thomas <robt at cymru.com> wrote:

>
>> We noticed that we cannot reach www.ssa.gov - is anyone else having this
>> problem?
>
> No problems from here (AS23028).
>
>
> --
> Rob Thomas
> Team Cymru Research NFP
> https://www.team-cymru.org/
> cmn_err(CEO_PANIC, "Out of coffee!");
>
>



Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel