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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Negative from here to 8.8.8.8 or anything,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>No DNS Queries are being allowed through to external nameservers, confirmed against 8.8.8.8 as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Perhaps they are not only blocking UDP, but someone’s been running around rebooting their DNS Architecture while they hunt for an issue in the wrong spot?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hint for Telstra Team.: Someone’s blocked UDP port 53 on customer connections, somewhere. (That’s up to you to find). If you can find that and unblock that, or remove that broken PRISM security appliance that the government is installing for you as we speak (Ok, joking about the PRISM part), then it might work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>S.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Beeson, Ayden [mailto:ABeeson@csu.edu.au] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sean K. Finn; 'Ryan Crouch'; ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [AusNOG] Brisbane Telstra DNS issues<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>I recommend trying googles public DNS servers, 8.8.8.8 is an easy one to remember </span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Ayden Beeson</span></b><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> AusNOG [<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sean K. Finn<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 12 June 2013 11:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Ryan Crouch'; <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Brisbane Telstra DNS issues<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>IP connectivity is fine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Probably better than normal. Getting rid of DNS kind of gets rid of congestion one would imagine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Try doing an NSLOOKUP and using a remote server and see if you can confirm UDP is being blocked?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sean.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ryan Crouch [<a href="mailto:ryan@apexn.com.au">mailto:ryan@apexn.com.au</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sean K. Finn; <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [AusNOG] Brisbane Telstra DNS issues<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Confirmed we are seeing this too.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Getting SERVFAIL to the Telstra DNS servers from external queries and Telstra customer connections.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>IP Connectivity seems ok.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Ryan Crouch</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> AusNOG [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sean K. Finn<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 12 June 2013 10:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Brisbane Telstra DNS issues</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi is anyone else experiencing Telstra DNS issues in Brisbane?<span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>It appears as though someone at Telstra has blocked all UDP-Port53 requests from any Telstra connection in Brisbane.<span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Not only can’t I resolve using Telstra’s Brisbane DNS, I can’t resolve any other nameservers when using a Telstra ADSL Connection here in Sunny Brisvegas.<span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>This issue appears to be Widespread.<span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>If someone from Telstra is Lurking, please unblock UDP port 53 as it’s kind of essential for Internets to work.<span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sean.<span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU><a href="http://www.csu.edu.au/" title="Charles Sturt University"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=210 height=60 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CE675D.8C6C72A0" alt="Charles Sturt University"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C42129'>| ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ONTARIO | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA |<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LEGAL NOTICE</span></b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. 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