Well, how about the queries Barry did on the DNC website itself - from your own IP address? If a failure to respond, weather through excessive load or some other reason, is not an outage, then what is? -----Original Message----- From: DNS [mailto:dns(a)nzrs.net.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2007 12:47 p.m. To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] NZSRS Whois server 440 Request Denied There were no outages to the .nz whois service yesterday. When the whois service is under load, requests may be restricted or dropped. If you have any concerns about the service from your location you can provide your IP address to the DNC office and they will investigate your issue. Cheers Dave Baker .nz Registry Services _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog