minor incident report, boost.org

From: Sam Darwin (samuel.d.darwin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-11-16 16:21:09

Hi,

This morning around 7am PST the boost.org website appeared to be
unavailable. Upon investigation the cause of the problem was traced to DNS.
boost.org resolved in DNS. However boost.org redirects to www.boost.org and
that failed to resolve at the upstream DNS provider.
# nslookup
> server dns1.easydns.com
> www.boost.org
Server: dns1.easydns.com
Address: 2400:cb00:2049:1::a29f:1835#53
** server can't find www.boost.org: REFUSED

A "dig" command also showed "..Request blocked by policy". After an hour or
so, the situation cleared up. Most likely something at easydns.com. A
similar event occurred earlier this year.

The C++ Alliance has set up web proxies to alternative domains boostcpp.org
and boostlibraries.org in case boost.org is unavailable. Those were online
and may be used as a backup.

Best Regards,
Sam Darwin
sam_at_[hidden]