[ale] Godaddy outage

[David Tomaschik]

For the most part, no, they use name-based virtual hosts.  You could
put the IP and hostname in your /etc/hosts, I suppose... then the
browser would still send the proper Host: header.

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Brian Stanaland <brian at stanaland.org> wrote:
> I know one group with DNS by GoDaddy but hosting elsewhere has been
> affected. All machines are still reachable via IP address, of course.
> Speaking of which, anyone know if GoDaddy hosted sites can be reached by IP?
>
> --Brian
>
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> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 2012-09-10 at 15:49 -0400, Scott Plante wrote:
>> > You guys notice the Godaddy DNS outage? I have a customer' s website
>> > down.
>> >
>> > http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/10/godaddy-outage-takes-down-millions-of-sites/
>>
>> Been following this...  Their DNS servers are impacted.  Hosting servers
>> indeterminate.  Claims are made that #Anonymous3 down in Brazil is
>> behind this for one reason or another but no one else from Anonymous has
>> stepped up to the plate and claimed responsibility.  Looks to be a loose
>> cannon with a wild hair at this point...
>>
>> If you are using them as a registrar but are managing your own DNS then
>> you do not seem to be impacted at this time.
>>
>> If you are using their DNS servers then you are probably impacted
>> whether you are hosting with them or not.
>>
>> If you are using their hosting services but managing your own DNS,
>> please let us know.  I have no data points on this curve.
>>
>> > Scott
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
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