Works fine for me ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> ANY testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40809 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 22, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. IN ANY ;; ANSWER SECTION: testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 40000 IN NS testnet-seed-ns1.bitcoin.petertodd.org. testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 40000 IN SOA testnet-seed-ns1.bitcoin.petertodd.org. root. 1401048038 604800 86400 2592000 604800 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 54.208.21.132 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 5.9.119.49 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 54.221.156.77 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 37.34.60.19 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 46.105.173.28 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 95.78.127.77 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 208.111.49.42 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 94.102.53.181 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 85.153.13.35 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 85.25.198.97 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 217.46.198.163 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 192.187.125.226 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 37.187.40.137 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 37.187.179.66 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 93.93.135.12 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 144.76.175.228 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 74.207.241.92 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 85.17.26.225 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 148.251.11.118 testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org. 60 IN A 137.117.202.26 ;; Query time: 569 msec ;; SERVER: 109.74.194.20#53(109.74.194.20) ;; WHEN: Sun May 25 21:00:35 2014 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 443 On 25 May 2014 20:12, Andreas Schildbach wrote: > Thanks for looking at the issue. > > Unfortunately, it still fails for me: > > $ nslookup testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org > Server: 127.0.1.1 > Address: 127.0.1.1#53 > > ** server can't find testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org: SERVFAIL > > Like I said, can you look at the logfiles how the requests arrive? > > What particular thing did you fix? It would be good to know for future > outages. > > > On 05/24/2014 12:17 AM, Peter Todd wrote: > > FWIW > > > > That said, keep in mind the github discussion(1) that was had: if all > > the DNS seeds being down breaks your application, your application is > > broken and insecure. The only exception is initial startup, and even > > then you should have fallbacks such as hardcoded node lists and manual > > peer entry. If for some reason you really do need instant startup, run > > your own centralized high-availability/low-latency nodes; either way > > you're depending on a centralized resource. > > > > 1) https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/4203 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development >