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Linode DNS outage
My startup site's DNS Notable.ac is hosted on Linode.
It appears the DNS server from both Level 3 and Google can't resolve Notable's domain name but if I ask nslook to query Linode's DNS servers, it responds correctly.
Either Linode's DNS is down or it can't contact Google/L3s'.
$ nslookup
> server 8.8.8.8
Default server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
> notable.ac
Server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
** server can't find notable.ac: NXDOMAIN
> server 4.2.2.2
Default server: 4.2.2.2
Address: 4.2.2.2#53
> notable.ac
Server: 4.2.2.2
Address: 4.2.2.2#53
** server can't find notable.ac: NXDOMAIN
> server NS3.LINODE.COM
Default server: NS3.LINODE.COM
Address: 75.127.96.10#53
> notable.ac
Server: NS3.LINODE.COM
Address: 75.127.96.10#53
Name: notable.ac
Address: 23.23.209.240
>
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