
None of our ISPs' DNS servers can reach ebay. Expanding on that list, it appears that the only DNS servers able to dig ebay are the ones that cache. Is anyone else seeing this? -- Christina Christina Klam Network Administrator Institute for Advanced Study Email: cklam@ias.edu Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154 Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418

No issues here - testing from multiple locations/providers on the West coast. $ dig +trace www.ebay.com [...] www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.210.61 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.210.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.211.181.161 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.211.181.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.200.161 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.200.181 ;; Received 126 bytes from 66.135.207.138#53(66.135.207.138) in 5 ms Scott On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Christina Klam <cklam@ias.edu> wrote:
None of our ISPs' DNS servers can reach ebay. Expanding on that list, it appears that the only DNS servers able to dig ebay are the ones that cache. Is anyone else seeing this?
-- Christina Christina Klam Network Administrator Institute for Advanced Study Email: cklam@ias.edu
Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154 Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418
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Seems OK here as well (near Boston, MA): $ dig ebay.com -t NS ebay.com. 11596 IN NS smf-dns1.ebaydns.com. ebay.com. 11596 IN NS sjc-dns2.ebaydns.com. ebay.com. 11596 IN NS sjc-dns1.ebaydns.com. ebay.com. 11596 IN NS smf-dns2.ebaydns.com. $ dig -t A ebay.com @smf-dns1.ebaydns.com. +short 66.211.160.87 66.211.160.88 66.135.205.13 66.135.205.14 $ dig -t A ebay.com @smf-dns2.ebaydns.com. +short 66.135.205.13 66.135.205.14 66.211.160.87 66.211.160.88 $ dig -t A ebay.com @sjc-dns1.ebaydns.com. +short 66.211.160.87 66.211.160.88 66.135.205.13 66.135.205.14 $ dig -t A ebay.com @sjc-dns2.ebaydns.com. +short 66.135.205.13 66.135.205.14 66.211.160.87 66.211.160.88 ________________________________ From: outages-bounces@outages.org [outages-bounces@outages.org] on behalf of Scott Howard [scott@doc.net.au] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 3:23 PM To: Christina Klam Cc: outages@outages.org Subject: Re: [outages] Ebay dns record No issues here - testing from multiple locations/providers on the West coast. $ dig +trace www.ebay.com<http://www.ebay.com> [...] www.ebay.com<http://www.ebay.com>. 300 IN A 66.135.210.61 www.ebay.com<http://www.ebay.com>. 300 IN A 66.135.210.181 www.ebay.com<http://www.ebay.com>. 300 IN A 66.211.181.161 www.ebay.com<http://www.ebay.com>. 300 IN A 66.211.181.181 www.ebay.com<http://www.ebay.com>. 300 IN A 66.135.200.161 www.ebay.com<http://www.ebay.com>. 300 IN A 66.135.200.181 ;; Received 126 bytes from 66.135.207.138#53(66.135.207.138) in 5 ms Scott On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Christina Klam <cklam@ias.edu<mailto:cklam@ias.edu>> wrote: None of our ISPs' DNS servers can reach ebay. Expanding on that list, it appears that the only DNS servers able to dig ebay are the ones that cache. Is anyone else seeing this? -- Christina Christina Klam Network Administrator Institute for Advanced Study Email: cklam@ias.edu<mailto:cklam@ias.edu> Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154<tel:609-734-8154> Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418<tel:609-951-4418> _______________________________________________ Outages mailing list Outages@outages.org<mailto:Outages@outages.org> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages The information in this message is for the intended recipient(s) only and may be the proprietary and/or confidential property of Litle & Co., LLC, and thus protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify Litle & Co. immediately by replying to this message and then promptly deleting it and your reply permanently from your computer.

OpenDNS works. 4.2.2.2 works. 8.8.8.8 works. Sure it isn't just your ISP's? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Christina Klam <cklam@ias.edu> wrote:
None of our ISPs' DNS servers can reach ebay. Expanding on that list, it appears that the only DNS servers able to dig ebay are the ones that cache. Is anyone else seeing this?
-- Christina Christina Klam Network Administrator Institute for Advanced Study Email: cklam@ias.edu
Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154 Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418
_______________________________________________ Outages mailing list Outages@outages.org https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages

For the time being we are using google and OpenDNS as DNS forwarders. I am opening a ticket with Cogent now. Thank you everyone, Christina On 10/01/2012 03:23 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
OpenDNS works. 4.2.2.2 works. 8.8.8.8 works.
Sure it isn't just your ISP's?
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Christina Klam <cklam@ias.edu <mailto:cklam@ias.edu>> wrote:
None of our ISPs' DNS servers can reach ebay. Expanding on that list, it appears that the only DNS servers able to dig ebay are the ones that cache. Is anyone else seeing this?
-- Christina Christina Klam Network Administrator Institute for Advanced Study Email: cklam@ias.edu <mailto:cklam@ias.edu>
Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154 <tel:609-734-8154> Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418 <tel:609-951-4418>
_______________________________________________ Outages mailing list Outages@outages.org <mailto:Outages@outages.org> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages
-- Christina Klam Network Administrator Institute for Advanced Study Email: cklam@ias.edu Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154 Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418

On 10/01/12 15:17 -0400, Christina Klam wrote:
None of our ISPs' DNS servers can reach ebay. Expanding on that list, it appears that the only DNS servers able to dig ebay are the ones that cache. Is anyone else seeing this?
It's working for me: ~$ dig +trace ebay.com a ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> +trace ebay.com a ;; global options: +cmd . 16932 IN NS b.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS e.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS j.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS k.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS m.root-servers.net. . 16932 IN NS a.root-servers.net. ;; Received 449 bytes from 10.0.1.10#53(10.0.1.10) in 8 ms com. 172800 IN NS i.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS c.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS e.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS b.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS d.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS g.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS l.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS m.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS h.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS k.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS j.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS a.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS f.gtld-servers.net. ;; Received 498 bytes from 192.36.148.17#53(192.36.148.17) in 124 ms ebay.com. 172800 IN NS sjc-dns1.ebaydns.com. ebay.com. 172800 IN NS sjc-dns2.ebaydns.com. ebay.com. 172800 IN NS smf-dns1.ebaydns.com. ebay.com. 172800 IN NS smf-dns2.ebaydns.com. ;; Received 190 bytes from 192.52.178.30#53(192.52.178.30) in 132 ms ebay.com. 3600 IN A 66.135.205.13 ebay.com. 3600 IN A 66.135.205.14 ebay.com. 3600 IN A 66.211.160.87 ebay.com. 3600 IN A 66.211.160.88 ;; Received 90 bytes from 66.135.215.5#53(66.135.215.5) in 36 ms -- Dan White

Can't reproduce issue from a Comcast residential connection in Silicon Valley, nor from a co-located server in San Diego. $ dig @SJC-DNS1.EBAYDNS.COM a www.ebay.com. ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P3 <<>> @SJC-DNS1.EBAYDNS.COM a www.ebay.com. ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34271 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.ebay.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.211.181.161 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.211.181.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.200.161 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.200.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.210.61 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.210.181 ;; Query time: 17 msec ;; SERVER: 66.135.207.137#53(66.135.207.137) ;; WHEN: Mon Oct 1 12:24:09 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 126 $ dig @SJC-DNS2.EBAYDNS.COM a www.ebay.com. ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P3 <<>> @SJC-DNS2.EBAYDNS.COM a www.ebay.com. ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 60185 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.ebay.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.210.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.211.181.161 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.211.181.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.200.161 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.200.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.210.61 ;; Query time: 17 msec ;; SERVER: 66.135.207.138#53(66.135.207.138) ;; WHEN: Mon Oct 1 12:24:12 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 126 $ dig @SMF-DNS1.EBAYDNS.COM a www.ebay.com. ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P3 <<>> @SMF-DNS1.EBAYDNS.COM a www.ebay.com. ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 23132 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.ebay.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.211.181.161 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.211.181.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.200.161 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.200.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.210.61 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.210.181 ;; Query time: 37 msec ;; SERVER: 66.135.223.137#53(66.135.223.137) ;; WHEN: Mon Oct 1 12:24:15 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 126 $ dig @SMF-DNS2.EBAYDNS.COM a www.ebay.com. ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P3 <<>> @SMF-DNS2.EBAYDNS.COM a www.ebay.com. ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10577 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.ebay.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.200.161 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.200.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.210.61 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.135.210.181 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.211.181.161 www.ebay.com. 300 IN A 66.211.181.181 ;; Query time: 34 msec ;; SERVER: 66.135.215.5#53(66.135.215.5) ;; WHEN: Mon Oct 1 12:24:17 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 126 Nameserver list: ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;ebay.com. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: ebay.com. 70893 IN NS smf-dns2.ebaydns.com. ebay.com. 70893 IN NS sjc-dns1.ebaydns.com. ebay.com. 70893 IN NS smf-dns1.ebaydns.com. ebay.com. 70893 IN NS sjc-dns2.ebaydns.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: sjc-dns1.ebaydns.com. 65373 IN A 66.135.207.137 smf-dns1.ebaydns.com. 64711 IN A 66.135.223.137 sjc-dns2.ebaydns.com. 64216 IN A 66.135.207.138 smf-dns2.ebaydns.com. 66428 IN A 66.135.215.5 SOA for ebay.com does indicate, assuming serial is to be interpreted in the usual YYYYMMDDnn format, that they haven't changed anything in ~2 days. ;; ANSWER SECTION: ebay.com. 3600 IN SOA sjc-dns1.ebaydns.com. hostmaster.ebay.com. 2012092800 3600 1800 604800 86400 Traceroute to any of the above DNS servers is worthless, as they appear to drop ICMP at the immediate borders of their networks. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@koitsu.org | | UNIX Systems Administrator http://jdc.koitsu.org/ | | Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB | On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 03:17:33PM -0400, Christina Klam wrote:
None of our ISPs' DNS servers can reach ebay. Expanding on that list, it appears that the only DNS servers able to dig ebay are the ones that cache. Is anyone else seeing this?
-- Christina Christina Klam Network Administrator Institute for Advanced Study Email: cklam@ias.edu
Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154 Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418
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Christina Klam
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Dan White
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Jeremy Chadwick
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Josh Luthman
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Scott Howard
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Smith, Kyle