Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down?

Simon Allard

4 Dec 2005 4 Dec '05

9:24 p.m.

Just the nameservers? They have probably been ACL'ed to stop DNS DDoS attacks, like what xtra etc have done. Simon Allard ihug Limited P +64 9 962 9827 M +64 21 456 412 E simon.allard(a)staff.ihug.co.nz

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-----Original Message----- From: jfp [mailto:jfp(a)clearfield.com] Sent: Monday, 5 December 2005 10:20 a.m. To: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: [nznog] TelstraClear Down?

Does anybody know what's up with TelstraClear. I can't get to their nameservers from NZ or the US.

jfp.

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Jean-Francois Pirus Senior Software Engineer Phone (+64-9) 358 2081 Clearfield Software Ltd Fax (+64-9) 358 2083 4th Floor 8-10 Whitaker Place Mob (+64-21) 640 779 P O Box 3901 Auckland, New Zealand

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Mark Foster

4 Dec 4 Dec

9:26 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

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From here I get nothing past the first hop with clix.net.nz on the end ...

www.clear.net.nz is unresolvable.. I'd say its slightly bigger than that ? :) (or theyve _really_ stuffed their ACL...) On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Simon Allard wrote:

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Just the nameservers?

They have probably been ACL'ed to stop DNS DDoS attacks, like what xtra etc have done.

Simon Allard ihug Limited

P +64 9 962 9827 M +64 21 456 412 E simon.allard(a)staff.ihug.co.nz

Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd

9:28 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

Mail, web, dns... No go... Erin Salmon Managing Director Unleash Computers Ltd Unleash Networks Ltd Mobile: 021 877 913 Landline: 03 365 1273 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Foster [mailto:blakjak(a)blakjak.net] Sent: 5 December 2005 10:26 a.m. To: Simon Allard Cc: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down?

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From here I get nothing past the first hop with clix.net.nz on the end ...

www.clear.net.nz is unresolvable.. I'd say its slightly bigger than that ? :) (or theyve _really_ stuffed their ACL...) On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Simon Allard wrote:

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Just the nameservers?

They have probably been ACL'ed to stop DNS DDoS attacks, like what xtra etc have done.

Simon Allard ihug Limited

P +64 9 962 9827 M +64 21 456 412 E simon.allard(a)staff.ihug.co.nz

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Alastair Johnson

9:32 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

Well, funnily enough, web and mail are often dependant on DNS in ISP platforms. Perhaps they had a (common) L4 switch or similar let go? Who knows. I'm sure they'll come back. Besides, I hear it's en vogue to be secure, and a good way of being secure is by being disconnected. aj. Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd wrote:

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Mail, web, dns... No go...

Erin Salmon Managing Director Unleash Computers Ltd Unleash Networks Ltd Mobile: 021 877 913 Landline: 03 365 1273

-----Original Message----- From: Mark Foster [mailto:blakjak(a)blakjak.net] Sent: 5 December 2005 10:26 a.m. To: Simon Allard Cc: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down?

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From here I get nothing past the first hop with clix.net.nz on the end ...

www.clear.net.nz is unresolvable..

I'd say its slightly bigger than that ? :)

(or theyve _really_ stuffed their ACL...)

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Simon Allard wrote:

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Just the nameservers?

They have probably been ACL'ed to stop DNS DDoS attacks, like what xtra etc have done.

Simon Allard ihug Limited

P +64 9 962 9827 M +64 21 456 412 E simon.allard(a)staff.ihug.co.nz

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Craig Spiers

9:35 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

All of which depend on dns :) -----Original Message----- From: Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd [mailto:erin(a)unleash.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 5 December 2005 10:29 a.m. To: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down? Mail, web, dns... No go... Erin Salmon Managing Director Unleash Computers Ltd Unleash Networks Ltd Mobile: 021 877 913 Landline: 03 365 1273 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Foster [mailto:blakjak(a)blakjak.net] Sent: 5 December 2005 10:26 a.m. To: Simon Allard Cc: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down?

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From here I get nothing past the first hop with clix.net.nz on the end ...

www.clear.net.nz is unresolvable.. I'd say its slightly bigger than that ? :) (or theyve _really_ stuffed their ACL...) On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Simon Allard wrote:

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Just the nameservers?

They have probably been ACL'ed to stop DNS DDoS attacks, like what xtra etc have done.

Simon Allard ihug Limited

P +64 9 962 9827 M +64 21 456 412 E simon.allard(a)staff.ihug.co.nz

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Tony Wicks

9:37 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

Yep, the network is running fine, it's just their DNS. I wonder if someone screwed up the recursive query lockdown. I see Paradise is fine.

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All of which depend on dns :)

-----Original Message----- From: Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd [mailto:erin(a)unleash.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 5 December 2005 10:29 a.m. To: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down?

Mail, web, dns... No go...

Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd

9:40 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

Well that doesn't explain why you can't ping 203.97.33.210 (clear's mail server)... Erin Salmon Managing Director Unleash Computers Ltd Unleash Networks Ltd Mobile: 021 877 913 Landline: 03 365 1273 -----Original Message----- From: Tony Wicks [mailto:tony(a)prophecy.net.nz] Sent: 5 December 2005 10:38 a.m. Cc: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down? Yep, the network is running fine, it's just their DNS. I wonder if someone screwed up the recursive query lockdown. I see Paradise is fine.

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All of which depend on dns :)

-----Original Message----- From: Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd [mailto:erin(a)unleash.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 5 December 2005 10:29 a.m. To: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down?

Mail, web, dns... No go...

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Mark Karena

9:42 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

C:\Documents and Settings\mark.karena>ping 203.97.33.210 Pinging 203.97.33.210 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Reply from 203.97.33.210: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=52 Reply from 203.97.33.210: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=52 Reply from 203.97.33.210: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=52 Ping statistics for 203.97.33.210: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: -----Original Message----- From: Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd [mailto:erin(a)unleash.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 5 December 2005 10:41 a.m. To: tony(a)prophecy.net.nz Cc: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down? Well that doesn't explain why you can't ping 203.97.33.210 (clear's mail server)... Erin Salmon Managing Director Unleash Computers Ltd Unleash Networks Ltd Mobile: 021 877 913 Landline: 03 365 1273 -----Original Message----- From: Tony Wicks [mailto:tony(a)prophecy.net.nz] Sent: 5 December 2005 10:38 a.m. Cc: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down? Yep, the network is running fine, it's just their DNS. I wonder if someone screwed up the recursive query lockdown. I see Paradise is fine.

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All of which depend on dns :)

-----Original Message----- From: Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd [mailto:erin(a)unleash.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 5 December 2005 10:29 a.m. To: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down?

Mail, web, dns... No go...

Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd

9:42 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

They're not being very specific, but they say it should be back up by lunchtime. http://networkstatus.telstraclear.co.nz/home/clearnet.html :) Erin Salmon Managing Director Unleash Computers Ltd Unleash Networks Ltd Mobile: 021 877 913 Landline: 03 365 1273 -----Original Message----- From: Tony Wicks [mailto:tony(a)prophecy.net.nz] Sent: 5 December 2005 10:38 a.m. Cc: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down? Yep, the network is running fine, it's just their DNS. I wonder if someone screwed up the recursive query lockdown. I see Paradise is fine.

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All of which depend on dns :)

-----Original Message----- From: Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd [mailto:erin(a)unleash.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 5 December 2005 10:29 a.m. To: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down?

Mail, web, dns... No go...

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Don Stokes

11:14 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

"Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd" wrote:

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http://networkstatus.telstraclear.co.nz/home/clearnet.html

Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd

11:18 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

Hi, Yeah, my access to that link recently stopped working, so evidently whereever I was getting the record from, be it cached or otherwise, is no longer working. For those who missed it, the page listed a series of services offered by Clear, next to most of which was listed something like "severe disruption is currently occurring". There was an ETA of noon. Cheers, Erin Salmon Managing Director Unleash Computers Ltd Unleash Networks Ltd Mobile: 021 877 913 Landline: 03 365 1273 -----Original Message----- From: Don Stokes [mailto:don(a)daedalus.co.nz] Sent: 5 December 2005 12:15 p.m. To: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down? "Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd" wrote:

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http://networkstatus.telstraclear.co.nz/home/clearnet.html

Uh, you do realise that the telstraclear.co.nz zone is hosted on dns1.clear.net.nz & dns2.clear.net.nz, neither of which appear to be responding ... which is fine if you have a cached record for networkstatus.telstraclear.co.nz, but isn't terribly informative if you don't... -- don _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog

Pete

10:54 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

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Yep, the network is running fine, it's just their DNS. I wonder if someone screwed up the recursive query lockdown. I see Paradise is fine.

It's more than just the DNS (unless their dial-up servers rely on DNS to route packets, which I doubt as, authentication is still working). I just tested using a ClearNET dial-up account and was unable to ping various servers by IP address. Furthermore, when I set my Mac to use my own DNS server as its resolver, I was still unable to look up any names. Regards, Pete --------- All Prices are GST exclusive. E and O.E. The views expressed in this message are that of the individual sender. Pete Mundy, Advanced Communications Ltd 10 Vanguard Street, Nelson NZ Ph 64-3-5469169 Fax 64-3-5469170 pete(a)advcomm.co.nz http://www.advcomm.co.nz

Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd

9:38 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

Not if you ping their IPs... Erin Salmon Managing Director Unleash Computers Ltd Unleash Networks Ltd Mobile: 021 877 913 Landline: 03 365 1273 -----Original Message----- From: Craig Spiers [mailto:craig(a)concept.net.nz] Sent: 5 December 2005 10:36 a.m. To: 'Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd'; NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: RE: [nznog] TelstraClear Down? All of which depend on dns :) -----Original Message----- From: Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd [mailto:erin(a)unleash.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 5 December 2005 10:29 a.m. To: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down? Mail, web, dns... No go... Erin Salmon Managing Director Unleash Computers Ltd Unleash Networks Ltd Mobile: 021 877 913 Landline: 03 365 1273 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Foster [mailto:blakjak(a)blakjak.net] Sent: 5 December 2005 10:26 a.m. To: Simon Allard Cc: NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Down?

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From here I get nothing past the first hop with clix.net.nz on the end ...

www.clear.net.nz is unresolvable.. I'd say its slightly bigger than that ? :) (or theyve _really_ stuffed their ACL...) On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Simon Allard wrote:

...

Just the nameservers?

They have probably been ACL'ed to stop DNS DDoS attacks, like what xtra etc have done.

Simon Allard ihug Limited

P +64 9 962 9827 M +64 21 456 412 E simon.allard(a)staff.ihug.co.nz

Juha Saarinen

9:26 p.m.

New subject: TelstraClear Down?

Simon Allard wrote:

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Just the nameservers?

They have probably been ACL'ed to stop DNS DDoS attacks, like what xtra etc have done.

No, it's mail as well. -- Juha

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Alastair Johnson
Craig Spiers
Don Stokes
Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd
Juha Saarinen
Mark Foster
Mark Karena
Pete
Simon Allard
Tony Wicks