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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Now posted on their facebook site: “Network Solutions is experiencing a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack that is impacting our customers as well as the Network Solutions site. Our technology team is working to mitigate the situation. Please check back for updates.” I don’t have their earlier posting talking about yesterday’s issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I also learned from a co-worker (who supports some small banks) about <u>yesterday’s</u> issues that “It was an Islamic group. It sounded like servers were compromised, which lead to the compromised web sites.” He either learned this in a news article, or a banking-related security bulletin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Frank<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Frank Bulk (iname.com) [mailto:frnkblk@iname.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Anthony Hook'; Mike Phipps<br><b>Cc:</b> OUTAGES Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [outages] Network Solutions DNS Stuffed?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>More here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/networksolutions">https://www.facebook.com/networksolutions</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="https://www.networksolutions.com/blog/2013/07/notice-to-customers-who-may-be-experiencing-hosting-issues/">https://www.networksolutions.com/blog/2013/07/notice-to-customers-who-may-be-experiencing-hosting-issues/</a> (I can’t currently load that page)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Frank<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Outages [<a href="mailto:outages-bounces@outages.org">mailto:outages-bounces@outages.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anthony Hook<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mike Phipps<br><b>Cc:</b> OUTAGES Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [outages] Network Solutions DNS Stuffed?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><pre><span style='color:black'>I can confirm, perhaps this will also help?<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>$ dig @<a href="http://ns9.worldnic.com">ns9.worldnic.com</a> <a href="http://amerigon.com">amerigon.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P1 <<>> @<a href="http://ns9.worldnic.com">ns9.worldnic.com</a> <a href="http://amerigon.com">amerigon.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>; (1 server found)<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>;; global options: +cmd<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>[same result for ns10]<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>------<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>$ traceroute <a href="http://ns9.worldnic.com">ns9.worldnic.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>traceroute to <a href="http://ns9.worldnic.com">ns9.worldnic.com</a> (205.178.190.5), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> 1 <a href="http://gatekeeper.anthonyrhook.com">gatekeeper.anthonyrhook.com</a> (192.168.1.1) 0.155 ms 0.233 ms 0.321 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> 2 <a href="http://drr01.waus.wi.frontiernet.net">drr01.waus.wi.frontiernet.net</a> (74.42.148.129) 33.632 ms 35.323 ms 36.750 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> 3 <a href="http://static-50-50-0-13.snpr.wi.frontiernet.net">static-50-50-0-13.snpr.wi.frontiernet.net</a> (50.50.0.13) 37.787 ms 39.193 ms 40.666 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> 4 <a href="http://xe--5-2-0---0.car01.waus.wi.frontiernet.net">xe--5-2-0---0.car01.waus.wi.frontiernet.net</a> (74.40.4.25) 42.414 ms 43.639 ms 45.065 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> 5 <a href="http://xe--10-1-0---0.cor02.chcg.il.frontiernet.net">xe--10-1-0---0.cor02.chcg.il.frontiernet.net</a> (74.40.4.29) 58.344 ms 59.321 ms 61.221 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> 6 <a href="http://ae1---0.cbr01.chcg.il.frontiernet.net">ae1---0.cbr01.chcg.il.frontiernet.net</a> (74.40.4.142) 63.568 ms 43.951 ms 44.024 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> 7 <a href="http://ix-0-3-1-0.tcore2.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net">ix-0-3-1-0.tcore2.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net</a> (206.82.141.105) 49.703 ms 49.820 ms 50.184 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> 8 <a href="http://if-22-2.tcore1.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net">if-22-2.tcore1.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net</a> (64.86.79.2) 50.317 ms 51.601 ms 52.768 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'> 9 64.86.78.10 (64.86.78.10) 54.762 ms 56.500 ms 57.942 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>10 <a href="http://cr2-tengig-0-5-3-0.chd.savvis.net">cr2-tengig-0-5-3-0.chd.savvis.net</a> (206.28.96.5) 62.620 ms 63.358 ms 64.576 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>11 <a href="http://cr1-te-0-13-2-0.dck.savvis.net">cr1-te-0-13-2-0.dck.savvis.net</a> (204.70.200.90) 86.971 ms 87.690 ms 89.397 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>12 <a href="http://hr1-tengig-2-0-0.sterling2dc2.savvis.net">hr1-tengig-2-0-0.sterling2dc2.savvis.net</a> (204.70.197.74) 67.463 ms 67.602 ms 68.783 ms<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>13 * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>14 * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>15 * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>16 * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>17 * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>18 * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>19 * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>20 * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>21 * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>22 * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>23 * *^C<o:p></o:p></span></pre></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Mike Phipps <<a href="mailto:plstate@gmail.com" target="_blank">plstate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hello all, has anyone else noticed that some of the Network Solutions name servers are unresponsive? Take this for example:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="http://AMERIGON.COM" target="_blank">AMERIGON.COM</a> has name server entries <a href="http://NS9.WORLDNIC.COM" target="_blank">NS9.WORLDNIC.COM</a> and NS10.WORLDNIC.COM...<br><br>$ dig @<a href="http://ns9.worldnic.com" target="_blank">ns9.worldnic.com</a> <a href="http://amerigon.com" target="_blank">amerigon.com</a><br><br>; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> @<a href="http://ns9.worldnic.com" target="_blank">ns9.worldnic.com</a> <a href="http://amerigon.com" target="_blank">amerigon.com</a><br>; (1 server found)<br>;; global options: +cmd<br>;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached<br><br>$ dig @<a href="http://ns10.worldnic.com" target="_blank">ns10.worldnic.com</a> <a href="http://amerigon.com" target="_blank">amerigon.com</a><br><br>; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> @<a href="http://ns10.worldnic.com" target="_blank">ns10.worldnic.com</a> <a href="http://amerigon.com" target="_blank">amerigon.com</a><br>; (1 server found)<br>;; global options: +cmd<br>;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Outages mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Outages@outages.org">Outages@outages.org</a><br><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>- Anthony Hook <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>