[HN Gopher] Hurricane Electric Emergency DNS Maintenance
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       Hurricane Electric Emergency DNS Maintenance
        
       Author : Shelnutt2
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2022-04-16 17:12 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (dns.he.net)
 (TXT) w3m dump (dns.he.net)
        
       | CaliforniaKarl wrote:
       | The page has returned to their normal landing page, so I think
       | service has been restored.
        
         | roastedpeacock wrote:
         | Anyone have an archive of the incident notice?
        
       | based2 wrote:
       | https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00913
        
       | dclaw wrote:
       | I'm sure soon they'll be having one of their annual power outages
       | too.
        
         | rsync wrote:
         | "I'm sure soon they'll be having one of their annual power
         | outages too."
         | 
         | All of my personal racks and (roughly) 1/5 of rsync.net have
         | been inside the he.net core datacenter for 12 years.
         | 
         | I have never experienced a single power outage. Warm Springs
         | datacenter.
         | 
         | Genuinely curious what you're talking about ?
        
           | LinuxBender wrote:
           | Just guessing but they might be referring to their first
           | datacenter in Fremont. No idea if it is even still around but
           | their first DC was a hot mess. The newer one which is likely
           | the one you are in was a night and day difference. The newer
           | one had redundant power and networking and was built
           | professionally. I say newer but this was a long time ago.
        
             | bcrosby95 wrote:
             | We colocated in both Fremont DCs for about 10 years. Their
             | newer one had 2 power outages within a couple months when
             | we were there (I think this was in 2009 or 2008). I don't
             | remember why exactly it happened, but I think for at least
             | one they had redundant power disconnected for _reasons_.
             | Other than that we had no issues though.
             | 
             | But it's been about 7 years since we've colocated our
             | servers there.
        
         | amluto wrote:
         | And an outage of their excellent 2FA system. Oh wait, they
         | don't have one.
        
           | gaius_baltar wrote:
           | > And an outage of their excellent 2FA system. Oh wait, they
           | don't have one.
           | 
           | They use TOPT or am I missing something?
        
           | AviationAtom wrote:
           | They provide a variety of free public services. I doubt the
           | funding allocated for such projects is crazy high, and it
           | likely rides on the backs of a few super talented engineers.
           | Beggars can't be choosers. Were it a paid service then I
           | could better understand your complaints. I'm willing to bet
           | if you reached out to them, inquiring about the lack of any
           | feature, then they would likely explain why it has yet to be
           | implemented.
        
             | [deleted]
        
           | taf2 wrote:
           | Racing to bottom sucks for everyone...
        
             | buttocks wrote:
             | What's the meaning of this negative commentary? Is HE known
             | to be at the bottom? I have been using their DNS services
             | for a decade and don't think I've ever experienced a
             | problem. In fact I am impressed at what they offer for
             | free.
        
               | alyandon wrote:
               | Yeah, same here. I've used HE tunnels and DNS for close
               | to a decade myself and have zero complaints about the
               | free public service they provide.
        
               | stas2k wrote:
               | Same here! Very happy with their free service, and they
               | do support 2FA.
               | 
               | UI is minimal and gets everything done
        
               | AviationAtom wrote:
               | They do indeed provide some excellent quality services to
               | the public, without asking any payment in return. I love
               | their BGP tools, among many others.
        
               | [deleted]
        
       | based2 wrote:
       | https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/...
       | DNS RCE
        
         | quesera wrote:
         | Does Hurricane Electric run Windows DNS Server ??
        
           | AviationAtom wrote:
           | I'd highly doubt it, but could be wrong. Perhaps someone on
           | their team might be able to give more details, through one
           | medium or another.
        
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