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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical AOL DNS - temporary resolution of problem
At about noon today NetworkTwo (formerly Autonet) noticed heavy usage of our Internet links and DNS. When we investigated we discovered what you already know ... someone pointed AOL's root server entry at us. We contacted AOL about the same time they contacted us. AOL asked us to load their primary zone file on our DNS, but it quickly became apparent that our upstream pipe and our DNS server could not handle the load. We (AOL and N2) contacted NetworkTwo's upstream provider MichNet (aka Merit of [email protected] fame). Merit loaned us their new, not yet in service, DNS server. This was loaded with both the AOL and Autonet primary zones. Merit then hijacked the 206.88.0.x network and redirected it to their server, where AOL and Autonet are currently resolving. Some of my clients are affected, but most have been pointed to other name servers. The InterNIC folks predict it will take 18 hours for the root servers to be up to date. We will monitor the situation throughout the weekend, and take apart this hack when the number of queries drops off. On behalf of NetworkTwo, I'd like to thank the on call staff at Merit and AOL, all of whom pitched in totally professional way with time and equipment to solve this problem. Thanks also to Goodnet (spelling?), a peer of AOL and MichNet, who offered equipment and bandwidth that we might have needed, but didn't. On a personal note, it's nice to find out that people can still work together in a crisis. Now if we can only get NSI to secure the domain update process ... With hopes for a calmer weekend, Dave Hares -- David L. Hares, Director of Network Engineering NetworkTwo Communications Group Phone: (313) 995-6539 175 Jackson Plaza FAX : (313) 995-6458 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (USA) Email: [email protected]
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