North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: AOL DNS - temporary resolution of problem
Wow. I thought originally that this was a hijack; good to see that it wasn't. The question that I have remaining is, "How'd this happen?" How did the primary DNS mysteriously change? On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, David Hares - AutoNet wrote: > > 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] > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ISPF, The Forum for ISPs by ISPs. October 26-28, 1998, Atlanta, GA. Three days of clues, news, and views from the industry's best and brightest. http://www.ispf.com/ for information and registration. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. I route, therefore I am. Alex Rubenstein, [email protected], KC2BUO, ISP/C Charter Member Father of the Network and Head Bottle-Washer Net Access Corporation, 9 Mt. Pleasant Tpk., Denville, NJ 07834 Don't choose a spineless ISP; we have more backbone! http://www.nac.net -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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