[nsp-sec] virustotal.com DNS outage?

[Tim Wilde]

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On 4/20/2011 3:23 PM, Tim Wilde wrote:
> Anyone have any info re: what appears to be a total DNS outage for
> virustotal.com?  Haven't been tracking it back to its start but for at
> least the last 15-20 minutes (starting in the vicinity of 1900 UTC at
> least) it appears that none of their listed nameservers are responsive;
> UDP/53 doesn't answer at all, TCP/53 completes a handshake and then
> doesn't go any further after the DNS question is asked.  Haven't seen
> any postings in the usual roundup of places yet either.  We'd love to
> help if anyone is aware of what's going on and can put us in touch with
> the right folks to help!

Hey all,

Got some contacts and info coming in, apparently they got hit with a
DDoS against their DNS and are working on resolving it now.  Thanks!

Regards,
Tim

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Tim Wilde, Senior Software Engineer, Team Cymru, Inc.
twilde at cymru.com | +1-630-230-5433 | http://www.team-cymru.org/
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