Which whois tool do you use? Some of them return all the hosts as well that contain microsoft.com somewhere in the mix. I checked it off on throughout their problem and it was correct. --- Dan West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. __________________________________________________ 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]
