Re: Level3/GTEI well-known DNS down?

It`s really interesting, was there many years ago a message: "Oh, they shut down an Internet legend, the last well-known open SMTP relay! It was so comfortable to use it..." ;-) randal k wrote: Anybody know what is up/down with the GTE/Level3 name-servers used the world over on 4.2.2.1

Re: Level3/GTEI well-known DNS down?

Joe Provo wrote: Open resolvers are seriously abused by botnets and related baddies. Perhaps you might need to run a set of resolvers, or get your service provider[s] to give you something similar to well-tuned anycasted resolvers. Rumor from a previous discussion of these "well known" res

Level3/GTEI well-known DNS down?

Anybody know what is up/down with the GTE/Level3 name-servers used the world over on 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2? Suddenly started getting no responses from them for a couple of our side apps. I hope these servers stick around forever, they're kind of an Internet legend. Cheers, Randal