[dns-operations] Fwd: [outages] .io TLD outage

Colm MacCárthaigh colm at allcosts.net
Fri Jun 7 18:47:15 UTC 2013


Off list Ed pointed out that I'm looking at nic.io which is being handled a
bit special - the default TTLs seem to be 1 day, so those are sane.


On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Colm MacCárthaigh <colm at allcosts.net>wrote:

>
> I'm used to seeing NS TTLs in days from most TLDs, but I haven't done a
> comprehensive survey - it'd be interesting. .com/.net are two days, .org is
> 1 day, and so on.
>
> The negative cache time seems high too. .io's negative cache time is also
> one hour. .com/.net/.org's are 15 minutes. (Though curiously this is
> because the SOA TTL is 900 seconds, rather than the actual negative cache
> time field).
>
> If anyone from the .io operators are here - it would be interesting to
> know if those choices are explicit. I think on the face of it, that a 2 day
> NS TTL and a 15 minute negative expiry time would both have somewhat
> mitigated the impact of the event and may be worth considering.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight <
> michele at blacknight.com> wrote:
>
>>  I've no idea what is "normal", but I do know they were making changes
>> to the .io registry platform in the last couple of weeks. I've no idea if
>> that also impacted their DNS setup ..
>>
>>
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>> *From:* dns-operations-bounces at lists.dns-oarc.net [
>> dns-operations-bounces at lists.dns-oarc.net] on behalf of Colm
>> MacCárthaigh [colm at allcosts.net]
>> *Sent:* 07 June 2013 17:25
>> *To:* Joe Abley
>> *Cc:* dns-operations at lists.dns-oarc.net List
>> *Subject:* Re: [dns-operations] Fwd: [outages] .io TLD outage
>>
>>   Their default TTLs in the parent zone seem to be just one hour ...
>>
>>    ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>>   nic.io. 3600 IN NS ns1.communitydns.net.
>>   nic.io. 3600 IN NS b.nic.ac.
>>   nic.io. 3600 IN NS a.nic.io.
>>   nic.io. 3600 IN NS b.nic.sh.
>>   nic.io. 3600 IN NS ns4.nic.io.
>>   nic.io. 3600 IN NS dns01.cdns.net.
>>   nic.io. 3600 IN NS b.nic.io.
>>
>>  Does that seem low by TLD standards?
>>
>>  -
>> Colm
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Joe Abley <jabley at hopcount.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Anybody from C&W/.IO here?
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>  *From: *Martin Barry <marty at supine.com>
>>>  *Subject: **[outages] .io TLD outage*
>>>  *Date: *7 June 2013 09:13:38 EDT
>>>  *To: *outages at outages.org
>>>
>>>  .io domains are not currently resolving.
>>>
>>>  Of the 7 name servers 2 have serial 1370603413 and contain no records.
>>>
>>>  The other 5 have serial 1370607008 and only contain records for .io
>>> itself and nothing for any subdomains, at least for all I tested.
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>>  --
>> Colm
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> Colm
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