Got this today in the middle of browsing. Possible root cause is listed at the bottom (from EasyDNS's twitter account): Server not found Firefox can't find the server at www.dslreports.com. $ dig @a.gtld-servers.net ns dslreports.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net ns dslreports.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41449 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 6 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;dslreports.com. IN NS ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: dslreports.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.easydns.com. dslreports.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.easydns.com. dslreports.com. 172800 IN NS remote1.easydns.com. dslreports.com. 172800 IN NS remote2.easydns.com. dslreports.com. 172800 IN NS ns6.easydns.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns1.easydns.com. 172800 IN AAAA 2001:1838:f001::10 ns1.easydns.com. 172800 IN A 64.68.192.210 ns2.easydns.com. 172800 IN A 72.52.2.1 remote1.easydns.com. 172800 IN A 64.68.192.210 remote2.easydns.com. 172800 IN A 72.52.2.1 ns6.easydns.net. 172800 IN A 72.52.2.1 ;; Query time: 111 msec ;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(192.5.6.30) ;; WHEN: Mon Jun 3 15:53:10 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 257 $ dig @REMOTE2.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @REMOTE2.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 14533 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;dslreports.com. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: dslreports.com. 1200 IN NS dns1.easydns.com. dslreports.com. 1200 IN NS dns3.easydns.org. dslreports.com. 1200 IN NS dns2.easydns.net. ;; Query time: 36 msec ;; SERVER: 72.52.2.1#53(72.52.2.1) ;; WHEN: Mon Jun 3 15:46:52 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 119 $ dig @NS2.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @NS2.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached $ dig @NS6.EASYDNS.NET ns dslreports.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @NS6.EASYDNS.NET ns dslreports.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached $ dig @NS1.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @NS1.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached $ dig @REMOTE1.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @REMOTE1.EASYDNS.COM ns dslreports.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached Both the IPs returned look accessible to me: $ mtr 72.52.2.1 Host Loss% Snt Rcv Last Avg Best Wrst 1. gw.home.lan 0.0% 12 12 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 2. c-67-180-84-1.hsd1.ca.comcast.net 0.0% 12 12 22.9 26.0 16.3 46.9 3. te-0-0-0-12-ur05.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast 0.0% 12 12 10.1 10.6 9.3 12.3 4. te-1-1-0-9-ar01.sfsutro.ca.sfba.comcast.net 0.0% 12 12 12.6 14.5 10.8 28.4 5. he-1-8-0-0-cr01.sanjose.ca.ibone.comcast.ne 0.0% 12 12 15.0 19.0 12.0 24.7 6. pos-0-4-0-0-pe01.529bryant.ca.ibone.comcast 0.0% 12 12 14.3 14.7 12.1 27.3 7. ix-1-3-0-0.tcore1.PDI-PaloAlto.as6453.net 0.0% 12 12 13.6 14.9 12.0 18.8 8. if-2-2.tcore2.PDI-PaloAlto.as6453.net 0.0% 11 11 38.3 40.6 35.9 60.6 9. if-5-2.tcore2.SQN-SanJose.as6453.net 9.1% 11 10 67.9 60.1 39.8 76.4 10. 64.86.142.34 0.0% 11 11 16.4 17.3 14.1 29.9 11. ??? 12. dns2.easydns.net 0.0% 11 11 14.6 15.2 13.7 19.6 $ mtr 64.68.192.210 Host Loss% Snt Rcv Last Avg Best Wrst 1. gw.home.lan 0.0% 7 7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 2. c-67-180-84-1.hsd1.ca.comcast.net 0.0% 6 6 24.3 29.4 22.0 42.7 3. te-0-0-0-12-ur05.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast 0.0% 6 6 9.7 10.8 9.5 13.9 4. te-1-1-0-4-ar01.sfsutro.ca.sfba.comcast.net 0.0% 6 6 10.6 12.5 10.6 13.5 5. he-3-9-0-0-cr01.sanjose.ca.ibone.comcast.ne 0.0% 6 6 15.6 22.3 13.9 37.5 6. pos-0-4-0-0-pe01.11greatoaks.ca.ibone.comca 0.0% 6 6 18.0 18.0 15.8 19.9 7. xe-9-3-0.sjc10.ip4.tinet.net 0.0% 6 6 60.0 24.1 15.6 60.0 8. xe-9-0-0.lax20.ip4.tinet.net 0.0% 6 6 22.7 25.5 21.9 37.6 9. giglinx-gw.ip4.tinet.net 0.0% 6 6 20.7 26.1 20.7 42.9 10. 199.59.167.122 0.0% 6 6 28.3 28.2 25.0 30.7 11. dns1.easydns.com 0.0% 6 6 23.0 26.5 22.5 43.5 $ host dns2.easydns.net dns2.easydns.net has address 72.52.2.1 $ dig @dns2.easydns.net ns easydns.net. ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P2 <<>> @dns2.easydns.net ns easydns.net. ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached https://twitter.com/easyDNS
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We are getting reports of DNS issues which are looking like a DDoS (we had a minor one yesterday) - investigating.
Along with tons of responses to people telling them to add a third nameserver for better anycast distribution. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@koitsu.org | | UNIX Systems Administrator http://jdc.koitsu.org/ | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |