Hello, There seems to be an outage of ca.gov domain names from within Linode resolvers in Fremont. I'm not sure what the issue is, because I cannot see there being anything wrong with ca.gov nameservers; nonetheless, the names cannot be resolved through Linode's default resolver. It has been more than an hour already as ca.gov cannot be accessed with Linode's default resolvers. Cheers, Constantine. li16x-xxx:~# date Mon Jul 1 18:26:13 PDT 2013 li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# dig @ordns.he.net www.dmv.ca.gov ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> @ordns.he.net www.dmv.ca.gov ; (2 servers found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49798 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.dmv.ca.gov. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.dmv.ca.gov. 56969 IN A 134.186.15.29 ;; Query time: 1 msec ;; SERVER: 2001:470:20::2#53(2001:470:20::2) ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 1 18:26:23 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 48 li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# dig @resolver1.fremont.linode.com. www.dmv.ca.gov ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> @resolver1.fremont.linode.com. www.dmv.ca.gov ; (2 servers found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 8570 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.dmv.ca.gov. IN A ;; Query time: 8 msec ;; SERVER: 2600:3c01::2#53(2600:3c01::2) ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 1 18:26:33 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 32 li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# dig @resolver2.fremont.linode.com. www.dmv.ca.gov ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> @resolver2.fremont.linode.com. www.dmv.ca.gov ; (2 servers found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 57994 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.dmv.ca.gov. IN A ;; Query time: 14 msec ;; SERVER: 2600:3c01::3#53(2600:3c01::3) ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 1 18:26:48 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 32 li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# dig -4 @resolver1.fremont.linode.com. www.dmv.ca.gov ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> -4 @resolver1.fremont.linode.com. www.dmv.ca.gov ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 45873 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.dmv.ca.gov. IN A ;; Query time: 1 msec ;; SERVER: 74.207.241.5#53(74.207.241.5) ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 1 18:27:00 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 32 li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# dig +trace www.dmv.ca.gov ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> +trace www.dmv.ca.gov ;; global options: +cmd . 518311 IN NS j.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS e.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS m.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS a.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS k.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 518311 IN NS b.root-servers.net. ;; Received 228 bytes from 74.207.241.5#53(74.207.241.5) in 0 ms gov. 172800 IN NS b.gov-servers.net. gov. 172800 IN NS a.gov-servers.net. ;; Received 139 bytes from 2001:503:c27::2:30#53(j.root-servers.net) in 1 ms ca.gov. 86400 IN NS ns5.net.ca.gov. ca.gov. 86400 IN NS ns6.net.ca.gov. ca.gov. 86400 IN NS ns7.net.ca.gov. ;; Received 138 bytes from 2001:500:4431::2:30#53(a.gov-servers.net) in 1 ms ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# dig +trace ns5.net.ca.gov. ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> +trace ns5.net.ca.gov. ;; global options: +cmd . 518298 IN NS j.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS e.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS m.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS a.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS k.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 518298 IN NS b.root-servers.net. ;; Received 228 bytes from 74.207.241.5#53(74.207.241.5) in 0 ms gov. 172800 IN NS a.gov-servers.net. gov. 172800 IN NS b.gov-servers.net. ;; Received 139 bytes from 192.112.36.4#53(g.root-servers.net) in 128 ms ca.gov. 86400 IN NS ns5.net.ca.gov. ca.gov. 86400 IN NS ns6.net.ca.gov. ca.gov. 86400 IN NS ns7.net.ca.gov. ;; Received 130 bytes from 2001:500:4431::2:30#53(a.gov-servers.net) in 1 ms ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# dig @a.gov-servers.net ns5.net.ca.gov. ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> @a.gov-servers.net ns5.net.ca.gov. ; (2 servers found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 3857 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;ns5.net.ca.gov. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: ca.gov. 86400 IN NS ns5.net.ca.gov. ca.gov. 86400 IN NS ns6.net.ca.gov. ca.gov. 86400 IN NS ns7.net.ca.gov. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns5.net.ca.gov. 86400 IN A 134.186.254.247 ns6.net.ca.gov. 86400 IN A 205.225.182.2 ns7.net.ca.gov. 86400 IN A 205.225.182.66 ;; Query time: 1 msec ;; SERVER: 2001:500:4431::2:30#53(2001:500:4431::2:30) ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 1 18:27:42 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 130 li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# dig @ns5.net.ca.gov. ns5.net.ca.gov. dig: couldn't get address for 'ns5.net.ca.gov.': not found li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# dig @134.186.254.247 ns5.net.ca.gov. ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> @134.186.254.247 ns5.net.ca.gov. ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29218 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;ns5.net.ca.gov. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: ns5.net.ca.gov. 86400 IN A 134.186.254.247 ;; Query time: 7 msec ;; SERVER: 134.186.254.247#53(134.186.254.247) ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 1 18:28:03 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 48 li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# date Mon Jul 1 18:28:10 PDT 2013 li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# dig @134.186.254.247 www.dmv.ca.gov ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> @134.186.254.247 www.dmv.ca.gov ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40218 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.dmv.ca.gov. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.dmv.ca.gov. 86400 IN A 134.186.15.29 ;; Query time: 6 msec ;; SERVER: 134.186.254.247#53(134.186.254.247) ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 1 18:28:25 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 48 li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~# date Mon Jul 1 18:28:28 PDT 2013 li16x-xxx:~# li16x-xxx:~#