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Re: Great job AT&T (re: Microsoft problems)

  • From: Dave McKay
  • Date: Wed Jan 24 18:49:46 2001

I'll just point out a few lines I wrote.  I have tried to be polite about
all of this.

Chris Cappuccio ([email protected]) wrote:
> Oh, come on....
> 
> If you query direct to Microsoft's DNS servers, they return MX records
> happily, but they time out rather then return an A record.
> 
> This seems more obviously like a software problem, rather then DDoS, or
> ICANN, who apparently controls Microsoft's DNS servers (laugh out loud)
> 
> "We don't manage the DNS ourselves, it is a system controlled by the Internet
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) with worldwide replicas."

Microsoft's ITG is investigating this issue.  I haven't been clued in as
of yet as to what is the main issue.
I apolozise for not being able to disclose more information.

-- 
Dave McKay
[email protected]
Microsoft Global Network Architect