Re: Microsoft spokesperson blames ICANN

[Scott Gifford <sgifford () tir com>]

Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> writes:

> Microsoft appears to be blaming ICANN for the failure with Microft's
> domain name servers (all located at the same place at Microsoft).
>
>   Microsoft has yet to pin down the cause of the DNS error. "It can
>   be a system or human error, but somebody could also have done this
>   intentionally," De Jonge said. "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."

Saying that it was the fault of anybody besides Microsoft is simply
not correct...a Perl script I use for diagnosing DNS problems reported
last night one root-server down (c), one gtld server (j) down, and all
but one of Microsoft's DNS servers down.

  Asking   a.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   b.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   c.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
Error searching for 'www.msn.com' at 'c.root-servers.net': query timed out
  Asking   d.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   e.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   f.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   g.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   h.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   i.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   j.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   k.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   l.root-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking     dns4.cp.msft.net about     www.msn.com
Error searching for 'www.msn.com' at 'dns4.cp.msft.net': query timed out
  Asking     dns5.cp.msft.net about     www.msn.com
Error searching for 'www.msn.com' at 'dns5.cp.msft.net': query timed out
  Asking     dns7.cp.msft.net about     www.msn.com
Error searching for 'www.msn.com' at 'dns7.cp.msft.net': query timed out
  Asking     dns6.cp.msft.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   e.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   f.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   j.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com
Error searching for 'www.msn.com' at 'j.gtld-servers.net': query timed out
  Asking   k.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   a.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   m.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   g.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   c.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   i.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   b.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com
  Asking   d.gtld-servers.net about     www.msn.com

      1 hosts [  101/  101 paths = 100.00% chance ] (dns6.cp.msft.net) reported:  Sample path: a.root-servers.net -> 
dns6.cp.msft.net
     www.msn.com.       0       IN      A       207.46.179.134
     www.msn.com.       0       IN      A       207.46.179.143
     www.msn.com.       0       IN      A       207.46.179.71
     www.msn.com.       0       IN      A       207.46.185.138
     www.msn.com.       0       IN      A       207.46.185.140
     www.msn.com.       0       IN      A       207.46.209.218
     www.msn.com.       0       IN      A       207.46.209.243


------ScottG.