That domain doesn't seem to exist in the root servers Jonothan ;) The best i can find with a quick google search is www.defenselink.mil, it's nameserver seems to answer authoritivly but the website seems unreachable. Regards James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Spooner WAND Group - University of Waikato NZ Networks Lab - G.1.03 WWW: http://wand.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~jbs3 Phone: +64 7 8384466 extn 6728 Email: jbs3(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Jonathan wrote:
From a network stand-point:
C:\>nslookup pentagon.mil Server: tig-nz-akl-ns-1.ihug.net Address: 203.109.252.42
DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. *** tig-nz-akl-ns-1.ihug.net can't find pentagon.mil: Non-existent domain
I say it is fair to say there is some poor sys-admin in the pengaton staring a a screen full of snmp messages pulling his hair out.
poor guy.
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-----Original Message----- From: owner-nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:owner-nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz]On Behalf Of Chris Wedgwood Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 4:07 AM To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: US Terrorist Attacks
Traffic patterns are starting to stabilize and web-sites such as CNN are now visible again (although they modified the content to reduce load on their servers).
Everything has taken on a eerie silence...
--cw
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 03:26:58AM +1200, Chris Wedgwood wrote: As most of you will know my now, there have been a number of terrorist attacks in the US.
All phone circuits over here are overloaded and email is about the only thing left working after popular new sites have collapsed under the load.
Any communications to and from the East Cost of the US are suffering something terrible... email still works but thats about it for many places.
Watching this live is truly chilling...
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