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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'>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 [mailto:ryan@apexn.com.au] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sean K. Finn; 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'>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></div></body></html>