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On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:41:23 -0500, Edward Reid wrote:

>At 11:33 AM +0000 1/26/03, Paolo G. Cordone wrote:
>>Am I the only one with this particular problem?
>
>I sent a command to the server and got a response in seconds. It sounds
>like there's either a DNS problem or a connectivity problem on your
>area of the net, possibly at your ISP. You should contact your ISP.

It was very likely related to the SQL Slammer worm, which knocked out
some of the root DNS servers (through denial of service, not infection)
around the time Paolo posted the query.

cf:

http://webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=107128
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/25/1245206.shtml?tid=109

regards,
Ross.

[thanks, Edward, for reminding me to send to the list]

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Ross McKay, WebAware Pty Ltd
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