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Topic: DNS timing out for forum.bitcoin.org? (Read 1247 times)

full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 101
May 31, 2011, 07:51:11 PM
#5
OpenDNS is not resolving for me either
I think it's time for twitter:
Bitcoin @ 174.143.149.98
newbie
Activity: 52
Merit: 0
May 31, 2011, 07:37:56 PM
#4
No, and there isn't one.

Thanks!  That's what I was hoping since it is peer to peer and I'm still connected.
legendary
Activity: 1204
Merit: 1015
May 31, 2011, 07:29:30 PM
#3
Well, I can't say I'm surprised...

Only 2 out of 12 OpenDNS caches are still resolving.
kjj
legendary
Activity: 1302
Merit: 1026
May 31, 2011, 07:26:55 PM
#2
No, and there isn't one.
newbie
Activity: 52
Merit: 0
May 31, 2011, 07:22:39 PM
#1
I was not able to connect to forum.bitcoin.org.

A little investigation showed that for me in the US Midwest, the louhi.net DNS servers that are supposed to be authoritative for bitcoin.org are all timing out.  (They are timing out on non bitcoin.org queries too.)

I got the IP for the forum from a different DNS server than my standard one and hard-coded a hosts entry.

It looks like the attack may be moving to the DNS infrastructure.

The forum IP I'm using is 174.143.149.98.

What does this mean for my client?  Does it need a DNS lookup to grab the blockchain?

If so, anyone know what the actual IP is?

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