[nsp-sec] Wikipedia offline

[Joel Rosenblatt]

So, this is what I'm seeing

c:\work>nslookup www.wikipedia.org
Server:  int-ns2.columbia.edu
Address:  128.59.62.10

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    text.pmtpa.wikimedia.org
Address:  208.80.152.2
Aliases:  www.wikipedia.org, text.wikimedia.org

C:\WINDOWS.0\system32>tracert 208.50.152.2

Tracing route to 208.50.152.2 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  wat-edge-1-vlan39-2.net.columbia.edu [128.59.39.1]
  2    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  cc-core-1-x-wat-edge-1.net.columbia.edu [128.59.255.109]
  3    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  nyser32-gw-1-x-cc-core-1.net.columbia.edu [128.59.255.6]
  4    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  te9-6.ccr02.jfk01.atlas.cogentco.com [38.122.8.209]
  5    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  te0-4-0-6.ccr21.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.40.34]
  6     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  te4-1.ccr01.jfk07.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.7.30]
  7     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  savvis.jfk07.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.10.22]
  8     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  cr2-tengig-0-15-4-0.NewYork.savvis.net [204.70.198.17]
  9    84 ms    84 ms    84 ms  cr1-tengig0-0-2-0.sanfrancisco.savvis.net [204.70.196.193]
 10    84 ms    84 ms    84 ms  er1-7-0-0.SanJoseEquinix.savvis.net [204.70.200.197]
 11    84 ms    84 ms    84 ms  hr1-te-1-0-0.santaclarasc8.savvis.net [204.70.200.214]
 12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 13     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 16     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 17     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 18     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 19     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 20     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 21     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 22     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 23     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 24     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 25     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 26     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 27     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 28     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 29     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 30     *        *        *     Request timed out.


But from the web I am now getting access .. so I guess that someone is blocking tracert, but, for the most part, it is back, but a little slow.

Thanks,
Joel


--On Monday, November 15, 2010 3:50 PM -0500 Chris Morrow <morrowc at ops-netman.net> wrote:

> ----------- nsp-security Confidential --------
>
>
>
> On 11/15/10 15:40, RuthAnne Bevier wrote:
>> ----------- nsp-security Confidential --------
>>
>> It's slow, but I was able to get to it (www.wikipedia.org).
>
> <http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/wikipedia.org>
>
> yup... up from that perspective.
>
> (v6 issues maybe? wikipedia popped v6 addrs in dns a while back, clients
> with v6 connectivity will default to that and failure modes when v6 is
> unreachable are ... unpredictable)
>
> -chris
>
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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
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