Cygwin.com address down

[Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty]

On 05/01/2021 14:10, Jon Turney wrote:
> <cut>
> This looks like perhaps a problem with a nameserver operated by BT, if
> you are a customer of theirs.
>
>> dig @81.139.56.100 cygwin.com
>>
>> ; <<>> DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.13-Ubuntu <<>> @81.139.56.100 cygwin.com
>> ; (1 server found)
>> ;; global options: +cmd
>> ;; Got answer:
>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 31712
>> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
>>
>> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
>> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>> ;cygwin.com.                    IN      A
>>
>> ;; Query time: 27 msec
>> ;; SERVER: 81.139.56.100#53(81.139.56.100)
>> ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 05 14:06:19 GMT 2021
>> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 39
>>
>> $ dig @81.139.56.100 www.cygwin.com
>>
>> ; <<>> DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.13-Ubuntu <<>> @81.139.56.100 www.cygwin.com
>> ; (1 server found)
>> ;; global options: +cmd
>> ;; Got answer:
>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1597
>> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
>>
>> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
>> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>> ;www.cygwin.com.                        IN      A
>>
>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>> www.cygwin.com.         300     IN      A       8.43.85.97
>>
>> ;; Query time: 184 msec
>> ;; SERVER: 81.139.56.100#53(81.139.56.100)
>> ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 05 14:06:23 GMT 2021
>> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 59
>
> compare with:
>
>>  dig @8.8.8.8 cygwin.com
>>
>> ; <<>> DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.13-Ubuntu <<>> @8.8.8.8 cygwin.com
>> ; (1 server found)
>> ;; global options: +cmd
>> ;; Got answer:
>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 23102
>> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
>>
>> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
>> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>> ;cygwin.com.                    IN      A
>>
>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>> cygwin.com.             299     IN      A       8.43.85.97
>>
>> ;; Query time: 39 msec
>> ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
>> ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 05 14:06:44 GMT 2021
>> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 55

Yes, I am with BT, so you're probably right. For the moment I've just
defined it manually in my hosts file.

I guess maybe I'll complain to BT then.

Hamish

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