[TriLUG] SCO down

[Mike Johnson]

Michael Hrivnak [mhrivnak at triad.rr.com] wrote:
> Due to recent viral activity, www.sco.com is down.

It was pointed out on another list that SCO did something smart.  They
removed the A record for www.sco.com, but left the record for sco.com.
Now, sco.com still times out, but it's a wise defense. 

[mike at mib mike]$ dig sco.com a

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2-P3 <<>> sco.com a
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11123
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;sco.com.                       IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
sco.com.                60      IN      A       216.250.128.12

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
sco.com.                21600   IN      NS      ns.calderasystems.com.
sco.com.                21600   IN      NS      ns2.calderasystems.com.
sco.com.                21600   IN      NS      nsca.sco.com.
sco.com.                21600   IN      NS      c7ns1.center7.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
nsca.sco.com.           21600   IN      A       132.147.210.253

[mike at mib mike]$ dig www.sco.com a

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2-P3 <<>> www.sco.com a
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 56580
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.sco.com.                   IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
sco.com.                465     IN      SOA     ns.calderasystems.com.
hostmaster.caldera.com. 2004020103 3600 900 604800 1800


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