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WoS DNS entries broken

Patrik RakPatrik Rak
edited January 2015 in Chit chat
Could someone please fix the WoS DNS entries?

For the past few weeks I have had troubles connecting to WoS from my iphone, and occasionally from my browser, too. Like 50% chance it won't load. It made me believe the problem might be in one of the name servers responsible for the domain not answering properly or fast enough.

I have checked today and it seems that the thunderware.xs4all.nl, one of the two servers listed for worldofspectrum.org domain, does not resolve at all. According to xs4all.nl nameservers, it doesn't exist anymore.

It would be nice if someone who has the rights to do so could fix this.

Thanks,

Patrik
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  • zx1zx1
    edited January 2015
    I doubt it as nothing seems to be updated anymore, we are just drifting along with no rudder.
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  • ccowleyccowley
    edited January 2015
    zx1 wrote: »
    I doubt it as nothing seems to be updated anymore, we are just drifting along with no rudder.
    It's a relatively easy fix... Martijn just needs to transfer the domain over to Lee Fogarty (which I assume is on the cards anyway). I'm happy to provide secondary/tertiary name service on ns0.grok.co.uk if it's needed. Should be no great drama to resolve this (pun intended :) ).
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited January 2015
    The site will be hosted on the new server when I am happy with testing and that it will be a smooth transition...
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  • guesserguesser
    edited January 2015
    Are the recent problems something to do with the old WoS server then? I must admit I thought it a bit odd for them to be caused by the broken nameserver all of a sudden since that seemed to have broken many months back.

    It's got to be a regular thing now that when I open WoS the page times out a couple of times before it loads.
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  • ccowleyccowley
    edited January 2015
    fogartylee wrote: »
    The site will be hosted on the new server when I am happy with testing and that it will be a smooth transition...
    But in the meantime, the DNS could be sorted out in a matter of minutes (keeping the existing site on the existing server). Just need to list a different secondary nameserver in place of thunderware.xs4all.nl -- like I say, I'm happy to spend 2 minutes setting up ns0.grok.co.uk as a secondary for worldofspectrum.org if a nameserver on a different network is needed.
  • ZoffyZoffy
    edited January 2015
    guesser wrote: »
    It's got to be a regular thing now that when I open WoS the page times out a couple of times before it loads.

    No problems here whatsoever <shrug>
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  • SokurahSokurah
    edited January 2015
    I've had it a couple of times, but nothing that bothers me considering how often I visit.
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  • Patrik RakPatrik Rak
    edited January 2015
    ccowley wrote: »
    But in the meantime, the DNS could be sorted out in a matter of minutes (keeping the existing site on the existing server).

    Yeah, I also didn't get Lee's comment about the server migration. The now-non-existent DNS server being referred to from the .org glue and the domain zone itself is something which will have to be fixed regardless of where the WoS itself is hosted. The domain ownership doesn't have to change either, this is purely a technical issue. Lee?

    Patrik
  • ccowleyccowley
    edited January 2015
    Patrik Rak wrote: »
    Yeah, I also didn't get Lee's comment about the server migration. The now-non-existent DNS server being referred to from the .org glue and the domain zone itself is something which will have to be fixed regardless of where the WoS itself is hosted. The domain ownership doesn't have to change either, this is purely a technical issue. Lee?
    Well, in all likelihood, only the domain owner can change the nameservers, and that is still Martijn. So Martijn either needs to change it, or transfer the domain to someone who is willing to put in a couple of minutes work to change it.

    It doesn't bode at all well that something so trivial to sort out has been broken for this long.
  • Patrik RakPatrik Rak
    edited January 2015
    ccowley wrote: »
    Well, in all likelihood, only the domain owner can change the nameservers, and that is still Martijn. So Martijn either needs to change it, or transfer the domain to someone who is willing to put in a couple of minutes work to change it.

    AFAIK, the registered technical contact can quite easily request a change of the nameservers and then approve it. No need for an owner to do that. That's why the domains have different owner, admin and tech roles, after all.

    So Martijn would either just need to approve the DNS change requested by someone else on his behalf, or appoint someone else as a technical contact and let them do it all. Both of which are way easier than transferring the domain ownership, for which you need a notary signed paperwork and who-knows-what-all-else... Not to mention that he perhaps wants to retain the domain ownership anyway.

    Nevertheless, I agree with you that it doesn't feel much assuring that even something so trivial seems to be impossible to get fixed now. :roll:

    Patrik
  • zx1zx1
    edited January 2015
    I'm sure theres a lot going on behind the scenes, although it has been quiet, Martjin is gone now and we're kind of just drifting along. I sometimes feel the site is in terminal decline.
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  • ccowleyccowley
    edited January 2015
    Patrik Rak wrote: »
    AFAIK, the registered technical contact can quite easily request a change of the nameservers and then approve it. No need for an owner to do that. That's why the domains have different owner, admin and tech roles, after all.
    You're absolutely right, of course. All of those roles sort-of blur into one for me, as I'm listed as the sole contact for all of the domains I have anything to do with.
    zx1 wrote: »
    I'm sure theres a lot going on behind the scenes, although it has been quiet, Martjin is gone now and we're kind of just drifting along.
    I dunno - it's weird. I know Lee has been working hard on "WoS 1.1" (for want of a better name) and I wouldn't want to detract from anyone's hard work, especially when it's being provided for nowt, but I do find it odd that this can't be sorted right now. Really, just someone list ns0.grok.co.uk as a secondary nameserver and I will take care of the rest -- and that will give me absolutely zero "special powers" on WoS before anyone suggests otherwise; I'd just quite like the DNS to be fixed for the one site that I (according to chrome...) visit the most on the intarwebs. :)
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