Re: [boost] Trouble accessing www.boost.org

From: Greg Colvin (greg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-10 23:40:13

From: Howard Hinnant <hinnant_at_[hidden]>
> I can get to boost with http://ns.portraitsfromphotos.net/
> 
> Call me paranoid (and ignorant) but I'm wondering if there may be a virus 
> on the loose that's attacking DNS's.

Now I'm getting paranoid too.  Ping reveals more strange loops in
the addresses, and at various times my browser finds different pages
at these addresses, including Boost, ADCO Signs & Scenic Services,
and a painter who will create watercolor portraits from your photos.

C:\>ping www.boost.org

Pinging ns.portraitsfromphotos.net [205.157.137.216] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=281ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=266ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=238

C:\>ping www.portraitsfromphotos.net

Pinging ns.adcoscenic.com [205.157.137.216] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

C:\>ping www.adcoscenic.com

Pinging ns.adcoscenic.com [205.157.137.216] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=219ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=219ms TTL=238

> -Howard
> 
> Greg Colvin wrote on 6/10/2000 8:45 PM
> >I can get there OK via browser, but something strange is going on:
> >
> >C:\>ping www.boost.org
> >
> >Pinging ns.portraitsfromphotos.net [205.157.137.216] with 32 bytes of data:
> >
> >Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=281ms TTL=238
> >Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=250ms TTL=238
> >Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=238
> >Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=238
> >
> >C:\>ping www.uscs.org
> >
> >Pinging ns.uscs.org [205.157.137.197] with 32 bytes of data:
> >
> >Reply from 205.157.137.197: bytes=32 time=250ms TTL=238
> >Reply from 205.157.137.197: bytes=32 time=922ms TTL=238
> >Reply from 205.157.137.197: bytes=32 time=250ms TTL=238
> >Reply from 205.157.137.197: bytes=32 time=266ms TTL=238
> >
> >C:\>ping ns.portraitsfromphotos.net
> >
> >Pinging ns.portraitsfromphotos.net [205.157.137.216] with 32 bytes of data:
> >
> >Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=282ms TTL=238
> >Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=238
> >Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=266ms TTL=238
> >Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=250ms TTL=238
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: Howard Hinnant <hinnant_at_[hidden]>
> >To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
> >Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 2:15 PM
> >Subject: [boost] Trouble accessing www.boost.org
> >
> >
> >> I'm still unable to access www.boost.org.  When I try I'm taken to 
> >> another site that claims to be WWW.USCS.ORG (and when I specifically try 
> >> to go to http://www.uscs.org/ I get the same page).  Perhaps this is a 
> >> problem with my DNS (Time Warner RoadRunner).  I haven't yet had problems 
> >> visiting other sites I frequent.  I've rebooted and cleared my web page 
> >> cache just to make sure it isn't a problem on my machine.  Anyone else 
> >> having trouble?
> >> 
> >> -Howard
> >> 
> >> Beman Dawes wrote on 6/10/2000 4:01 PM
> >> >At 10:35 AM 6/10/00 -0400, Howard Hinnant wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>I'm having trouble accessing www.boost.org this morning ...
> >> >
> >> >The host ISP was down from 3:45 AM until 11:45 AM EDT Saturday
> >> >morning.
> >> >
> >> >Their luck has been all bad for the last couple of weeks; two major
> >> >and several minor outages.  Boost will change ISP's if it gets to be
> >> >a habit.
> >> >
> >> >--Beman 
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