I have been trying to hit various Microsoft sites today (including Hotmail, MSNBC, MSN, Expedia etc.) and I am getting timed out - this is both at work and at home…I tried a traceroute through http://www.samspade.org and it is timing out also.
What gives?
No, Microsoft isn’t being “smurfed.” There is an old saying, never attribute to maliciousness what can be ascribed to mere incompetence.
Microsoft’s entire netspace was taken offline due to errors in DNS, caused by an incompetent domain registrar. The problem was corrected, if you still can’t get DNS then your local ISP hasn’t gotten the corrected DNS tables yet. Contact your local ISP and tell them about this article with some details and further links:
I was trying to get through to Hotmail, and I was redirected to a porn site. I am not kidding! I don’t think I typed in the URL incorrectly. Other times it just times out. What gives?