[outages] Is UPS.COM down

Jeremy Chadwick outages at jdc.parodius.com
Sun Sep 4 21:09:30 EDT 2011


This response makes absolutely no sense with regards to the information
I provided.  Also, "cash server"?  End of thread for me.

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| Jeremy Chadwick                                jdc at parodius.com |
| Parodius Networking                       http://www.parodius.com/ |
| UNIX Systems Administrator                   Mountain View, CA, US |
| Making life hard for others since 1977.               PGP 4BD6C0CB |

On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 08:00:33PM -0500, Mark Kierzkowski wrote:
> You can created local record on your dns server for ups.com for now till there register fixes it.
> 
> Here is dns record from Comcast cash servers for ups.com
> 
> ups.com
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:??? ups.com
> Addresses:? 153.2.224.50, 153.2.228.50
> ?
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------
> Thanks.
> Mark Kierzkowski
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeremy Chadwick [mailto:outages at jdc.parodius.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 07:42 PM
> To: Mark Kierzkowski
> Cc: outages at outages.org <outages at outages.org>
> Subject: Re: [outages] Is UPS.COM down
> 
> Which DNS servers?  It looks to me like nsa.ups.com and nsb.ups.com work
> fine.  I didn't care to try the AT&T and Sprint authoritative NSes.
> Below is validation.
> 
> My workplace relies heavily on UPS's web-based XML API for package
> status and tracking details, and none of our real-time monitoring has
> alerted for DNS issues or anything else pertaining to UPS today.
> 
> 
> 
> $ dig @a.gtld-servers.net ns ups.com.
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.6.-ESV-R5 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net ns ups.com.
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22371
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 6, ADDITIONAL: 6
> ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;ups.com.                       IN      NS
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> ups.com.                172800  IN      NS      nsa.ups.com.
> ups.com.                172800  IN      NS      nsb.ups.com.
> ups.com.                172800  IN      NS      cbru.br.ns.els-gms.att.net.
> ups.com.                172800  IN      NS      cmtu.mt.ns.els-gms.att.net.
> ups.com.                172800  IN      NS      ns1-auth.sprintlink.net.
> ups.com.                172800  IN      NS      ns2-auth.sprintlink.net.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> nsa.ups.com.            172800  IN      A       153.2.242.115
> nsb.ups.com.            172800  IN      A       153.2.244.155
> cbru.br.ns.els-gms.att.net. 172800 IN   A       199.191.128.105
> cmtu.mt.ns.els-gms.att.net. 172800 IN   A       12.127.16.69
> ns1-auth.sprintlink.net. 172800 IN      A       206.228.179.10
> ns2-auth.sprintlink.net. 172800 IN      A       144.228.254.10
> 
> ;; Query time: 104 msec
> ;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(192.5.6.30)
> ;; WHEN: Sun Sep  4 17:37:37 2011
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 276
> 
> 
> $ dig @nsa.ups.com a www.ups.com
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.6.-ESV-R5 <<>> @nsa.ups.com a www.ups.com
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16074
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 9, ADDITIONAL: 5
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;www.ups.com.                   IN      A
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> www.ups.com.            300     IN      CNAME   www.ups.com.akadns.net.
> www.ups.com.akadns.net. 92      IN      CNAME   www.upsprodcidr2.com.akadns.net.
> www.upsprodcidr2.com.akadns.net. 15 IN  CNAME   www2.ups.com.edgekey.net.
> www2.ups.com.edgekey.net. 129   IN      CNAME   e1250.b.akamaiedge.net.
> e1250.b.akamaiedge.net. 5       IN      A       96.6.165.62
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> b.akamaiedge.net.       228     IN      NS      n4b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       228     IN      NS      n6b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       228     IN      NS      n1b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       228     IN      NS      n5b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       228     IN      NS      n2b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       228     IN      NS      n8b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       228     IN      NS      n3b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       228     IN      NS      n0b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       228     IN      NS      n7b.akamaiedge.net.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> n2b.akamaiedge.net.     3393    IN      A       209.170.113.121
> n4b.akamaiedge.net.     919     IN      A       209.170.113.83
> n5b.akamaiedge.net.     217     IN      A       209.170.113.120
> n7b.akamaiedge.net.     919     IN      A       209.170.113.83
> n8b.akamaiedge.net.     3030    IN      A       209.170.113.83
> 
> ;; Query time: 96 msec
> ;; SERVER: 153.2.242.115#53(153.2.242.115)
> ;; WHEN: Sun Sep  4 17:37:46 2011
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 422
> 
> 
> $ dig @nsb.ups.com a www.ups.com
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.6.-ESV-R5 <<>> @nsb.ups.com a www.ups.com
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9024
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 9, ADDITIONAL: 6
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;www.ups.com.                   IN      A
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> www.ups.com.            300     IN      CNAME   www.ups.com.akadns.net.
> www.ups.com.akadns.net. 277     IN      CNAME   www.upsprodcidr2.com.akadns.net.
> www.upsprodcidr2.com.akadns.net. 7 IN   CNAME   www2.ups.com.edgekey.net.
> www2.ups.com.edgekey.net. 346   IN      CNAME   e1250.b.akamaiedge.net.
> e1250.b.akamaiedge.net. 20      IN      A       72.247.9.62
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> b.akamaiedge.net.       317     IN      NS      n3b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       317     IN      NS      n4b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       317     IN      NS      n2b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       317     IN      NS      n5b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       317     IN      NS      n1b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       317     IN      NS      n6b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       317     IN      NS      n8b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       317     IN      NS      n0b.akamaiedge.net.
> b.akamaiedge.net.       317     IN      NS      n7b.akamaiedge.net.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> n1b.akamaiedge.net.     1534    IN      A       208.45.220.25
> n2b.akamaiedge.net.     2890    IN      A       208.45.220.24
> n4b.akamaiedge.net.     1077    IN      A       96.17.74.217
> n5b.akamaiedge.net.     336     IN      A       96.17.74.214
> n7b.akamaiedge.net.     1077    IN      A       96.17.74.217
> n8b.akamaiedge.net.     792     IN      A       96.17.74.218
> 
> ;; Query time: 88 msec
> ;; SERVER: 153.2.244.155#53(153.2.244.155)
> ;; WHEN: Sun Sep  4 17:37:55 2011
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 438
> 
> -- 
> | Jeremy Chadwick                                jdc at parodius.com |
> | Parodius Networking                       http://www.parodius.com/ |
> | UNIX Systems Administrator                   Mountain View, CA, US |
> | Making life hard for others since 1977.               PGP 4BD6C0CB |
> 
> On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 07:26:02PM -0500, Mark Kierzkowski wrote:
> > Is anyone experiencing issues with ups.com site?  
> > 
> > Looks like dns servers are not resolving that domain.
> > 
> 
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