Thanks for the responses, We kinda thought there was a bit of fiddling going on but at to who and finding a definitive answer, this problem may be a total mystery forever. We are though inquiring into one particular DNS provider to check if anything went astray yesterday. The report was very interesting and a very useful website for finding out about a particular sites DNS issues and security. I need to read up more on the info it presented and sort out some changes. Cheers Patrick McHale

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"Patrick Mchale" 19/01/2007 9:26 a.m. >>> Hey There,

I was wondering if anyone noticed an odd external DNS problem happening yesterday, the National Library's main website was affected for several hours. We could resolve internally but nothing from outside would get resolved. Nothing was changed on our DNS servers. Vodafone seemed to be affected also. Default Server: planet.natlib.govt.nz Address: 192.122.171.130

server 210.55.131.76 Default Server: jupiter.natlib.govt.nz Address: 210.55.131.76

www Server: jupiter.natlib.govt.nz Address: 210.55.131.76

Name: slbweb.natlib.govt.nz Address: 210.55.131.96 Aliases: www.natlib.govt.nz

server defiant.netgate.net.nz Default Server: defiant.netgate.net.nz Address: 202.37.245.17

www.natlib.govt.nz Server: defiant.netgate.net.nz Address: 202.37.245.17

Name: slbweb.natlib.govt.nz Address: 210.55.131.96 Aliases: www.natlib.govt.nz

server reliant.net.nz *** Can't find address for server reliant.net.nz: Non-existent host/domain server reliant.netgate.net.nz Default Server: reliant.netgate.net.nz Address: 202.37.245.20

www.natlib.govt.nz Server: reliant.netgate.net.nz Address: 202.37.245.20

Name: slbweb.natlib.govt.nz Address: 210.55.131.96 Aliases: www.natlib.govt.nz

server 203.96.152.4 Default Server: rachel.paradise.net.nz Address: 203.96.152.4

www.natlib.govt.nz Server: rachel.paradise.net.nz Address: 203.96.152.4

*** rachel.paradise.net.nz can't find www.natlib.govt.nz: Non-existent host/domain

server 202.73.198.15 Default Server: isdn1ldv.vodafone.co.nz Address: 202.73.198.15

www.natlib.govt.nz Server: isdn1ldv.vodafone.co.nz Address: 202.73.198.15

*** isdn1ldv.vodafone.co.nz can't find www.natlib.govt.nz: Non-existent host/domain Cheers Patrick McHale National Library of New Zealand. _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog