problems with dnswl.org

% /usr/local/bin/rsync \
     --times \
     -v \
     rsync2.dnswl.org::dnswl/bind-dnswl.zone \
     /var/dns/primary/org.dnswl
opening tcp connection to rsync2.dnswl.org port 873
rsync: failed to connect to rsync2.dnswl.org (85.25.63.16): Operation timed out (60)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(122) [Receiver=3.0.8]

any other paying users seeing this or know anything? no response to
email to admins, though it has been only six hours or so.

randy

I'm not sure whether you got my reply to your email to admins?

The provider for this machine is working on a fix. Unfortunately, they are
not able to prove an estimate on when this will be done (yes, we are working
to remediate this situation).

As a temporary workaround, you can use an alternative hostname which will
point to a another mirror (ns6.dnswl.org).

-- Matthias

opening tcp connection to rsync2.dnswl.org port 873
rsync: failed to connect to rsync2.dnswl.org (85.25.63.16): Operation
timed out (60)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(122)
[Receiver=3.0.8]

any other paying users seeing this or know anything? no response to
email to admins, though it has been only six hours or so.

I'm not sure whether you got my reply to your email to admins?

no! and i just checked my spambox too. this worries me even more than
rsync failure. do you have a smtp log entry for the delivery so i can
look for a matching entry in my logs?

The provider for this machine is working on a fix. Unfortunately, they
are not able to prove an estimate on when this will be done (yes, we
are working to remediate this situation).

no problem. would be nice to put on 'news' at news – dnswl.org
and then i would not have wasted folk's time.

As a temporary workaround, you can use an alternative hostname which will
point to a another mirror (ns6.dnswl.org).

% host ns6.dnswl.org
Host ns6.dnswl.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

randy

Works from here:

$ dig ns6.dnswl.org +short
74.208.14.82