[outages] EasyDNS problems (probably network-related)
Jeremy Chadwick
jdc at koitsu.org
Mon Jun 3 18:58:12 EDT 2013
Got this today in the middle of browsing. Possible root cause is listed
at the bottom (from EasyDNS's twitter account):
Server not found
Firefox can't find the server at www.dslreports.com.
$ dig @a.gtld-servers.net ns dslreports.com
; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net ns dslreports.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41449
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 6
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;dslreports.com. IN NS
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
dslreports.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.easydns.com.
dslreports.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.easydns.com.
dslreports.com. 172800 IN NS remote1.easydns.com.
dslreports.com. 172800 IN NS remote2.easydns.com.
dslreports.com. 172800 IN NS ns6.easydns.net.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.easydns.com. 172800 IN AAAA 2001:1838:f001::10
ns1.easydns.com. 172800 IN A 64.68.192.210
ns2.easydns.com. 172800 IN A 72.52.2.1
remote1.easydns.com. 172800 IN A 64.68.192.210
remote2.easydns.com. 172800 IN A 72.52.2.1
ns6.easydns.net. 172800 IN A 72.52.2.1
;; Query time: 111 msec
;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(192.5.6.30)
;; WHEN: Mon Jun 3 15:53:10 2013
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 257
$ dig @REMOTE2.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com
; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @REMOTE2.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 14533
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;dslreports.com. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
dslreports.com. 1200 IN NS dns1.easydns.com.
dslreports.com. 1200 IN NS dns3.easydns.org.
dslreports.com. 1200 IN NS dns2.easydns.net.
;; Query time: 36 msec
;; SERVER: 72.52.2.1#53(72.52.2.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Jun 3 15:46:52 2013
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 119
$ dig @NS2.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com
; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @NS2.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
$ dig @NS6.EASYDNS.NET ns dslreports.com
; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @NS6.EASYDNS.NET ns dslreports.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
$ dig @NS1.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com
; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @NS1.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
$ dig @REMOTE1.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com
; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @REMOTE1.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
Both the IPs returned look accessible to me:
$ mtr 72.52.2.1
Host Loss% Snt Rcv Last Avg Best Wrst
1. gw.home.lan 0.0% 12 12 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4
2. c-67-180-84-1.hsd1.ca.comcast.net 0.0% 12 12 22.9 26.0 16.3 46.9
3. te-0-0-0-12-ur05.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast 0.0% 12 12 10.1 10.6 9.3 12.3
4. te-1-1-0-9-ar01.sfsutro.ca.sfba.comcast.net 0.0% 12 12 12.6 14.5 10.8 28.4
5. he-1-8-0-0-cr01.sanjose.ca.ibone.comcast.ne 0.0% 12 12 15.0 19.0 12.0 24.7
6. pos-0-4-0-0-pe01.529bryant.ca.ibone.comcast 0.0% 12 12 14.3 14.7 12.1 27.3
7. ix-1-3-0-0.tcore1.PDI-PaloAlto.as6453.net 0.0% 12 12 13.6 14.9 12.0 18.8
8. if-2-2.tcore2.PDI-PaloAlto.as6453.net 0.0% 11 11 38.3 40.6 35.9 60.6
9. if-5-2.tcore2.SQN-SanJose.as6453.net 9.1% 11 10 67.9 60.1 39.8 76.4
10. 64.86.142.34 0.0% 11 11 16.4 17.3 14.1 29.9
11. ???
12. dns2.easydns.net 0.0% 11 11 14.6 15.2 13.7 19.6
$ mtr 64.68.192.210
Host Loss% Snt Rcv Last Avg Best Wrst
1. gw.home.lan 0.0% 7 7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4
2. c-67-180-84-1.hsd1.ca.comcast.net 0.0% 6 6 24.3 29.4 22.0 42.7
3. te-0-0-0-12-ur05.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast 0.0% 6 6 9.7 10.8 9.5 13.9
4. te-1-1-0-4-ar01.sfsutro.ca.sfba.comcast.net 0.0% 6 6 10.6 12.5 10.6 13.5
5. he-3-9-0-0-cr01.sanjose.ca.ibone.comcast.ne 0.0% 6 6 15.6 22.3 13.9 37.5
6. pos-0-4-0-0-pe01.11greatoaks.ca.ibone.comca 0.0% 6 6 18.0 18.0 15.8 19.9
7. xe-9-3-0.sjc10.ip4.tinet.net 0.0% 6 6 60.0 24.1 15.6 60.0
8. xe-9-0-0.lax20.ip4.tinet.net 0.0% 6 6 22.7 25.5 21.9 37.6
9. giglinx-gw.ip4.tinet.net 0.0% 6 6 20.7 26.1 20.7 42.9
10. 199.59.167.122 0.0% 6 6 28.3 28.2 25.0 30.7
11. dns1.easydns.com 0.0% 6 6 23.0 26.5 22.5 43.5
$ host dns2.easydns.net
dns2.easydns.net has address 72.52.2.1
$ dig @dns2.easydns.net ns easydns.net.
; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @dns2.easydns.net ns easydns.net.
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
https://twitter.com/easyDNS
> easyDNS.com . at easyDNS -- 1h
>
> We are getting reports of DNS issues which are looking like a DDoS (we
> had a minor one yesterday) - investigating.
Along with tons of responses to people telling them to add a third
nameserver for better anycast distribution.
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| Jeremy Chadwick jdc at koitsu.org |
| UNIX Systems Administrator http://jdc.koitsu.org/ |
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