Hmmm...doesn't sound like quite the whole picture. How would that explain what happened when you ran a "whois" on microsoft.com????? Did anyone else see that?!?! It was pretty funny. -- about 15 lines of hacker orgs and comments about MS. A more frightening possibility....did someone hack the DNS root servers?? --- "Erick B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.microsoft.com/info/siteaccess.htm > > Microsoft Explains Site Access Issues > > On Tuesday evening and Wednesday, many Microsoft > customers had difficulty accessing the company's Web > sites. The cause has been determined, and the issue > is > resolved. > > At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (PST), a Microsoft technician > made a configuration change to the routers on the > edge > of Microsoft's Domain Name Server network. The DNS > servers are used to connect domain names with > numeric > IP addresses (e.g. 207.46.230.219) of the various > servers and networks that make up Microsoft's Web > presence. > > The mistaken configuration change limited > communication between DNS servers on the Internet > and > Microsoft's DNS servers. This limited communication > caused many of Microsoft's sites to be unreachable > (although they were actually still operational) to a > large number of customers throughout last night and > today. > > This was an operational error, and not the result of > any issue with Microsoft or third-party products nor > the security of our networks. Microsoft regrets any > inconvenience caused to customers due to this issue. > > > At approximately 5 p.m. Wednesday (PST), Microsoft > removed the changes to the router configuration and > immediately saw a massive improvement in the DNS > network. > > All sites are currently available to customers. > Again, > Microsoft apologizes for the inconvenience. > > --- Adam Hickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/01/24/microsoft.blackout.idg/index.ht > > ml > > > > > http://slashdot.org/articles/01/01/24/1455247.shtml > > > > Adam Hickey > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > CCNA CCNP (in progress) > > > > > Oh that is just so funny!!!! > > > To bad I can't paste the whois in here lol > > > > Allen May wrote: > > > > > > > > Quick! do a whois no microsoft.com. It's > been > > hacked ;) > > Huh? I looked it off and on yesterday and today and > it > was correct. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great > prices. > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > _________________________________ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== Don't forget to cross your digits... Dan West -- CCNA, CCNP (in progress) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
