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Re: Web Page Down

To: Jerry Mouton <jerry@moutons.org>,
Subject: Re: Web Page Down
From: "Donald R McKenna" <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:45:06 -0800
I DON"T NEED TO KNOW ALL OF THIS____JUST TELL ME WHEN ITS FIXED!!!---  :-)

        Don
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>From: "Jerry Mouton" <jerry@moutons.org>
>To: "Bay_Area_Autocross_List" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Fw: Web Page Down
>Date: Fri, Jan 26, 2001, 11:27 AM
>

>FYI,
>
>Jerry Mouton        mailto:jerry@moutons.org    Laissez les bons temps
>rouler!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob & Vivian Stegall" <bstegall@community.net>
>To: "SFR Issues" <SFR-ISSUES@gbn.com>; "Webteam" <webteam@sfrscca.com>;
>"Mike Smith" <msmith@comac.com>
>Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:25 AM
>Subject: Re: Web Page Down
>
>
>> Issues Update - 1112 PT, 01/26
>>
>> The root cause of the web pages problem has been identified and we
>> have taken immediate steps to resolve it, and that process is
>> underway as I write.
>>
>> What has occurred is an error in the Internet's Domain Naming
>> Services, or DNS.  Essentially, DNS is the "white pages" of the
>> internet, whereby a website name is translated into a phone
>> number (or more specific, an IP address).  Right now, our DNS
>> entry of sfrscca.ORG is pointing to a disconnected phone number,
>> while sfrscca.COM is pointed to a connected phone. That is why
>> some webpages with .com in them will display, but .org pages
>> do not.
>>
>> This incident is not, repeat not, connected to any malicious or
>> malfesant activity, but directly connected to an interNIC request
>> we made earlier this week for an unrelated change and some wires
>> got crossed up.
>>
>> We expect the DNS problem fix to begin rolling through the
>> world wide services beginning this evening. Depending upon your
>> location, and ISP use, the website should be available again
>> sometime over the weekend.  For North American users (most of
>> us), the process should be completed in 24-36 ours. Farther
>> reaching DNS servers will take longer. If you are visiting
>> from Austrailia or India, the process may take upwards of one
>> week I have heard.
>>
>> We regret this inconvenience, but are working hard to resolve it.
>>
>>
>> BobS.
>>
>>
>> Bob & Vivian Stegall wrote:
>> >
>> > Issues - Quick Update on the website.
>> >
>> > After poking around a little, here's whats up, unconfirmed yet.
>> > We made a change to our interNIC (you webheads know what this
>> > is for) record for sfrscca.org. Its possible something went awry
>> > during the process. I am checking this out now, hoping its the
>> > root cause or the problem. There could be another problem, but
>> > this is a place to start.
>> >
>> > Until the problem is resolved, the only working domain is .com
>> > and even then, you must have .com urls bookmarked or type them
>> > in. In a few cases, web pages are simply not available because
>> > they are recognized as .org only. Once you are in with a .com,
>> > many but not all pages and images will be found.
>> >
>> > Main page URLs:
>> >
>> > www.sfrscca.com/index.phtml
>> > www.sfrscca.com/RoadRacing
>> > www.sfrscca.com/solo2
>> > www.sfrscca.com/NewMembers
>> > www.sfrscca.com/Calendar
>> >
>> > More later after a webteam e-huddle and phone calls. The site
>> > may be down overnight and on into tommorrow.
>> >
>> > BobS.
>> >
>> > Steve Dielman wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >From Steve in Santa Rosa I used it earlier this evening.  I always
>use
>> > > www.sfrscca.com.
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: "Bob & Vivian Stegall" <bstegall@community.net>
>> > > To: <lollipop@ricochet.net>; "SFR Issues" <SFR-ISSUES@gbn.com>; "Mike
>Smith"
>> > > <msmith@comac.com>
>> > > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 7:41 PM
>> > > Subject: Re: Web Page Down
>> > >
>> > > > Hi all.  I just got online and wind of the problem. We are
>investigating
>> > > > it now.
>> > > >
>> > > > BobS.
>> > > >
>> > > > Pat Kelly wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I've been doing some surfing tonight and a lot of web pages aren't
>> > > > > functioning. Maybe it has something to do with the weather, power?
>Who
>> > > > > knows? When I plugged in the SFR page address, I'm told that it
>cannot
>> > > > > find it, try again. Go figure.
>> > > > > --Pat Kelly
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Cornelia Bell wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I can't seem to access the sfr-scca web site.  Anyone know why?

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