Whois indicates domain was updated this morning: whois mirrorservice.org Domain Name: MIRRORSERVICE.ORG Registry Domain ID: D104609905-LROR Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.easyspace.com Registrar URL: http://www.easyspace.com Updated Date: 2018-07-09T09:52:52Z Creation Date: 2004-07-08T08:53:01Z Registry Expiry Date: 2028-07-08T08:53:01Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: Registrar: Easyspace Limited Registrar IANA ID: 79 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: ab...@easyspace.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +44.3707555066 Reseller: Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Domain Status: renewPeriod https://icann.org/epp#renewPeriod Domain Status: autoRenewPeriod https://icann.org/epp#autoRenewPeriod Registrant Organization: University of Kent Registrant State/Province: Kent Registrant Country: GB Name Server: NS1.BISHNET.NET Name Server: DNS0.MIRRORSERVICE.ORG Name Server: DNS2.MIRRORSERVICE.ORG DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2018-07-09T13:48:20Z <<< DNS using Authoritive DNS dig +trace www.mirrorservice.org ; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-De [snip] www.mirrorservice.org. 900 IN A 212.219.56.184 mirrorservice.org. 900 IN NS ns1.bishnet.net. mirrorservice.org. 900 IN NS dns0.mirrorservice.org. mirrorservice.org. 900 IN NS dns2.mirrorservice.org. ;; Received 221 bytes from 2001:630:341:12::157#53(dns0.mirrorservice.org) in 21 ms However using google gives different results: ipm@spruce ~ $ dig www.mirrorservice.org @8.8.8.8 ; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Debian <<>> www.mirrorservice.org @8.8.8.8 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 20314 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.mirrorservice.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.mirrorservice.org. 68 IN A 212.219.56.184 ;; Query time: 26 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 09 14:55:09 BST 2018 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 66 ipm@spruce ~ $ dig www.mirrorservice.org @8.8.8.8 ; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Debian <<>> www.mirrorservice.org @8.8.8.8 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 19442 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.mirrorservice.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.mirrorservice.org. 484 IN A 62.233.120.98 ;; Query time: 27 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 09 14:55:10 BST 2018 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 66 So ..... Looks like the domain could well have expired this morning ... since been rectified ... but caching DNS servers have still to drop entries pointing to the "domain Expired" expiration. Nothing you can do other than wait .... or set up your own caching nameserver that does authoritive queries only and doesn't recurse (which is what i do........ ) HTH, Ian. On 09/07/18 14:41, Terry Coles wrote: > Could some of you guys try the UK Mirror Service (https:// > www.mirrorservice.org/)? > > This is used by Raspbian (and many other distros) to download updates and > install packages (eg apt-get install etc) but it threw up a not found error > this morning. When I typed the domain name into Chromium I got the message > that the domain had expired. (This behaviour was consistent across my > Raspberry Pi and my Kubuntu Linux Box, which both access the internet via my > PlusNet ISP. > > Hamish was able to access the site and I managed to get to it through my > Android phone. I then tried changing the DNS Servers in my Netgear router to > the Google Public servers and then the OpenDNS servers and now I'm getting > 'This site can't be reached'. > > Is this another of those 'wobblys' like I had with raspberrypi.org the other > week? > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-07-17 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR