http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/01/24/microsoft.blackout.idg/index.html
Oh no, can't possibly be our own servers...
-Dan
Yup, must be ICANN
--- 207.46.138.12 ping statistics ---
34 packets transmitted, 20 packets received, 41% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 55.7/57.8/63.9 ms
traceroute to 207.46.138.12 (207.46.138.12), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 63.164.65.1 3.500 ms 4.095 ms 4.470 ms
2 160.81.42.213 17.969 ms 16.935 ms 17.421 ms
3 144.232.26.230 16.244 ms 15.732 ms 15.264 ms
4 144.232.18.49 52.954 ms 51.891 ms 53.010 ms
5 144.232.6.89 52.662 ms 53.057 ms 53.093 ms
6 144.232.187.230 52.917 ms 52.812 ms 52.695 ms
7 207.46.129.13 71.058 ms 69.305 ms 62.466 ms
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It's amazing how MSFT's spokespeople can be so a) stupid, b) misinformed,
or c) blatant liars.
Yet another example of behavior meeting Oscar Wilde's definition of fox hunting:
The pursuit of the inedible by the unspeakable.