Can't connect to definitions.symantec.com in Linux?

Hi! Is anyone else having problems pinging and/or connecting to definitions.symantec.com (from
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...es/US-N95.html) to download NAV
definition EXEs daily) in Linux lately?

Box #1 (my own Linux/Debian box (Kernel 2.6.15)):
$ wget http://definitions.symantec.com/defs...14-020-i32.exe
--20:19:40-- http://definitions.symantec.com/defs...14-020-i32.exe
=> `20060414-020-i32.exe'
Resolving definitions.symantec.com... failed: Name or service not known.
$ dig definitions.symantec.com

; > DiG 9.3.2 > definitions.symantec.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:23:34 EDT ping
definitions.symantec.com
Pinging a568.d.akamai.net [80.67.66.55] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 80.67.66.55: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=47
[ctrl-c'ed]

Box #2 (my friend's old RedHat Linux box a DSL connection on mminternet.com):
$ ping definitions.symantec.com
ping: unknown host definitions.symantec.com

Box #3 (my friend's PPC Debian; Kernel 2.6.16; Speakeasy's DSL):
$ ping definitions.symantec.com
ping: unknown host definitions.symantec.com

Notes: Box #2 and #3 are run by Linux experts. All boxes and ISPs are in or near Los Angeles,
CA, USA area.

What the heck? Does anyone know what's going on? It has been like this yesterday and today
(now).

Thank you in advance.
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On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:16:41 -0500, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hi! Is anyone else having problems pinging and/or connecting to definitions.symantec.com (from
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com...es/US-N95.html) to download NAV
> definition EXEs daily) in Linux lately?

Not me here in Dallas Texas, USA.
$ dir *.exe
-rw-r--r-- 1 browser browser 11,278,760 Apr 15 17:59 20060415-005-i32.exe

> Hi! Is anyone else having problems pinging and/or connecting to definitions.symantec.com
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com...es/US-N95.html) to download
> definition EXEs daily) in Linux lately?

It's working fine here in Dhaka.


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Bangladesh

In comp.os.linux.networking Bit Twister <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:16:41 -0500, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> Hi! Is anyone else having problems pinging and/or connecting to definitions.symantec.com (from
>> http://securityresponse.symantec.com...es/US-N95.html) to download NAV
>> definition EXEs daily) in Linux lately?

> Not me here in Dallas Texas, USA.
> $ dir *.exe
> -rw-r--r-- 1 browser browser 11,278,760 Apr 15 17:59 20060415-005-i32.exe

Works just fine from Germany...

$ wget http://definitions.symantec.com/defs...14-020-i32.exe
Resolving definitions.symantec.com... 62.153.251.200,

70% [===============> ] 7,967,144 670.40K/s ETA 00:05

Probably a local and/or temporary problem.

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Michael Heiming <michael+(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.networking Bit Twister <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> > On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:16:41 -0500, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> >> Hi! Is anyone else having problems pinging and/or connecting to definitions.symantec.com (from
> >> http://securityresponse.symantec.com...es/US-N95.html) to download NAV
> >> definition EXEs daily) in Linux lately?

> > Not me here in Dallas Texas, USA.
> > $ dir *.exe
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 browser browser 11,278,760 Apr 15 17:59 20060415-005-i32.exe

> Works just fine from Germany...

> $ wget http://definitions.symantec.com/defs...14-020-i32.exe
> Resolving definitions.symantec.com... 62.153.251.200,

> 70% [===============> ] 7,967,144 670.40K/s ETA 00:05

> Probably a local and/or temporary problem.

Yeah, or something else. Hmm.
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Good news, everyone. It seems to be have resolved itself. No idea what happened since none of the
boxes were touched to fix.

$ ping definitions.symantec.com
PING a568.d.akamai.net (216.52.219.176) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.52.219.176: icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=30.3 ms

I am still puzzled on what happened the last few days.


(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hi! Is anyone else having problems pinging and/or connecting to definitions.symantec.com (from
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com...es/US-N95.html) to download NAV
> definition EXEs daily) in Linux lately?

> Box #1 (my own Linux/Debian box (Kernel 2.6.15)):
> $ wget http://definitions.symantec.com/defs...14-020-i32.exe
> --20:19:40-- http://definitions.symantec.com/defs...14-020-i32.exe
> => `20060414-020-i32.exe'
> Resolving definitions.symantec.com... failed: Name or service not known.
> $ dig definitions.symantec.com

> ; > DiG 9.3.2 > definitions.symantec.com
> ;; global options: printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:23:34 EDT ping
> definitions.symantec.com
> Pinging a568.d.akamai.net [80.67.66.55] with 32 bytes of data:
> Reply from 80.67.66.55: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=47
> [ctrl-c'ed]

> Box #2 (my friend's old RedHat Linux box a DSL connection on mminternet.com):
> $ ping definitions.symantec.com
> ping: unknown host definitions.symantec.com

> Box #3 (my friend's PPC Debian; Kernel 2.6.16; Speakeasy's DSL):
> $ ping definitions.symantec.com
> ping: unknown host definitions.symantec.com

> Notes: Box #2 and #3 are run by Linux experts. All boxes and ISPs are in or near Los Angeles,
> CA, USA area.

> What the heck? Does anyone know what's going on? It has been like this yesterday and today
> (now).

> Thank you in advance.

--
"The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee...gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own." --Leonardo da Vinci
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On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:16:41 -0500, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>|Hi! Is anyone else having problems pinging and/or connecting to definitions.symantec.com (from
>|http://securityresponse.symantec.com...es/US-N95.html) to download NAV
>|definition EXEs daily) in Linux lately?

Yes, from Italy.
It has been going for two or three days now.
The address is not resolved, as you say.

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:31:50 -0500, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>|I am still puzzled on what happened the last few days.

My guess is that they screwed their DNS

Array <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:16:41 -0500, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> >|Hi! Is anyone else having problems pinging and/or connecting to definitions.symantec.com (from
> >|http://securityresponse.symantec.com...es/US-N95.html) to download NAV
> >|definition EXEs daily) in Linux lately?

> Yes, from Italy.
> It has been going for two or three days now.
> The address is not resolved, as you say.

Weird. Is it working now? It seems to be fixed for me today.
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"The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee...gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own." --Leonardo da Vinci
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Array <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:31:50 -0500, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> >|I am still puzzled on what happened the last few days.

> My guess is that they screwed their DNS

Whose? Root domains? Symantec? Akamai?
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