[AusNOG] Telstra mobile down "nationwide"

[Ross Wheeler]

On Tue, 9 Feb 2016, Shane Chrisp wrote:

> Yep, that was just my fat fingers. I am trying to get to the 
> triplezero.com.au but no go.

> traceroute to www.triplezero.gov.au (115.178.104.72), 30 hops max, 60 byte 
...
> 11  bundle-ether2.civ.core2.canberra.telstra.net (203.50.6.82)  71.834 ms 
> 71.845 ms  70.450 ms
> 12  Bundle-Ethernet1.civ-edge901.canberra.telstra.net (203.50.8.35) 69.126 ms 
> 69.138 ms  69.042 ms
> 13  telstr1248.lnk.telstra.net (165.228.21.206)  68.991 ms  68.981 ms 68.926 
> ms
> 14  * * *
> 15  * * *
> 16  * * *


Traceroute is only one tool in a toolbox, and frequently not as helpful as 
you might hope.

  5  bundle-ether2.chw-edge902.sydney.telstra.net (203.50.11.105)  2.002 ms
  6  bundle-ether2.dkn-core1.canberra.telstra.net (203.50.6.129)  8.918 ms
  7  bundle-ether2.civ.core2.canberra.telstra.net (203.50.6.82)  9.334 ms
  8  Bundle-Ethernet1.civ-edge901.canberra.telstra.net (203.50.8.35)  7.822 ms
  9  telstr1248.lnk.telstra.net (165.228.21.206)  9.189 ms
10  *
11  *

Yes, it appear to not be reachable....

However using another tool  it clearly IS working....

# telnet triplezero.gov.au 80
Trying 2403:d500::48...
telnet: connect to address 2403:d500::48: No route to host
Trying 115.178.104.72...
Connected to triplezero.gov.au.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / http/1.0

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Cache-Control: no-cache



There's also a hint there....