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BBC is down... internal error or ddos?

23 points by ljf 16y ago

rdl 16y ago
Thankfully, nuclear missiles are only launched if radio stations are down, not websites. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090400/HMS-Apocalypse-Deep-Atlantic-submarine-waits-alert-nuclear-missiles-end-world--.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090400/HMS-Apocalyp... "How on earth does [the submarine commander] know if the PM has been killed and the normal chain of command obliterated? For obvious reasons, no one we spoke to would elaborate on the precise protocols. Suffice it to say that there is a complicated series of checks that the submarine commander must perform to establish the true situation—one of which, curiously, is to determine whether Radio 4 is still broadcasting."
- JonnieCache 16y ago
  There would be little point in carrying on without radio 4 anyway to be honest.
- SandB0x 16y ago
  I believe you are talking about The Event (please, remain indoors) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga_rCnueID8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga_rCnueID8
guan 16y ago
I can’t resolve www.bbc.co.uk using any of the four name servers (ns1.thls.bbc.co.uk, ns1.bbc.co.uk, ns1.rbsov.bbc.co.uk and ns1.thdo.bbc.co.uk). The last IP address Netcraft saw was 212.58.246.90, which I also can’t access, but they definitely have DNS problems.
beck5 16y ago
Everyone goes down eventually, if can go wrong....
tristanperry 16y ago
http://bbcworldnews-japan.com/ http://bbcworldnews-japan.com/ works (I assume that's colocated in Japan though) Been down for a while now; no official Tweets from any of the official BBC Twitter accounts it seems. Edit: It's backup now. Was done for about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
ljf 16y ago
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/bbc.co.uk http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/bbc.co.uk
- guan 16y ago
  http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.bbc.co.uk http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.bbc.co.uk
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estel 16y ago
It went down at around 2239 GMT. I've not seen a hint on Twitter to suggest that it was a DDOS, though I guess that doesn't rule it out. @timweber: "So yes, it doesn't look too good. both internal and external DNS are down, by the sounds of it." Edit: @richard_webber: "Not just DNS down for the BBC, they've been taken off the Internet completely, no routing to AS2818."
- ljf 16y ago
  Yes, wondered about ddos first when posting this, but now seems more unlikely. They did a fairly big platform overhaul last week, but most of the site doesn't run on it yet, plus the news.bbc.co.uk servers don't and they are usually their most robust. Nothing on BBC news channel yet mentioning it, which you'd think there would be if was foul play.
  - ljf 16y ago
    bbc.com and bbcworldwide.com down too, so very likely routing issues. Hope the out of hours ops team are availble!
- estel 16y ago
  Allegedly BGP routing issue: 23:26:01 <+GeeDee> cr0.ixnlon#sh ip bgp 132.185.132.21 23:26:01 <+GeeDee> % Network not in table
  - kierank 16y ago
    132.185.0.0/16 is back up but 212.58.0.0/16 isn't. EDIT: 132.185.0.0/16 has gone again. (actually it's a bit less than a /16 but I don't feel like looking it up)
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aditya 16y ago
Back now.
re1s 16y ago
They're up again.
hartror 16y ago
Back for me.
ljf 16y ago
And it's back, I guess we'll find out more tomorrow on the BBC blogs.
corin_ 16y ago
Budget cuts ;)
jasonmoy79 16y ago
it's not down, works for me.
djmattyg007 16y ago
the simple idea that anything from the BBC could be "down" and not operating is, quite plainly, freaking scary.

23 points by ljf 16y ago

rdl 16y ago

Thankfully, nuclear missiles are only launched if radio stations are down, not websites. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090400/HMS-Apocalypse-Deep-Atlantic-submarine-waits-alert-nuclear-missiles-end-world--.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090400/HMS-Apocalyp... "How on earth does [the submarine commander] know if the PM has been killed and the normal chain of command obliterated? For obvious reasons, no one we spoke to would elaborate on the precise protocols. Suffice it to say that there is a complicated series of checks that the submarine commander must perform to establish the true situation—one of which, curiously, is to determine whether Radio 4 is still broadcasting."

JonnieCache 16y ago
There would be little point in carrying on without radio 4 anyway to be honest.
SandB0x 16y ago
I believe you are talking about The Event (please, remain indoors) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga_rCnueID8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga_rCnueID8

guan 16y ago

I can’t resolve www.bbc.co.uk using any of the four name servers (ns1.thls.bbc.co.uk, ns1.bbc.co.uk, ns1.rbsov.bbc.co.uk and ns1.thdo.bbc.co.uk). The last IP address Netcraft saw was 212.58.246.90, which I also can’t access, but they definitely have DNS problems.

beck5 16y ago

Everyone goes down eventually, if can go wrong....

tristanperry 16y ago

http://bbcworldnews-japan.com/ http://bbcworldnews-japan.com/ works (I assume that's colocated in Japan though) Been down for a while now; no official Tweets from any of the official BBC Twitter accounts it seems. Edit: It's backup now. Was done for about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

ljf 16y ago

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/bbc.co.uk http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/bbc.co.uk

guan 16y ago
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.bbc.co.uk http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.bbc.co.uk

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estel 16y ago

It went down at around 2239 GMT. I've not seen a hint on Twitter to suggest that it was a DDOS, though I guess that doesn't rule it out. @timweber: "So yes, it doesn't look too good. both internal and external DNS are down, by the sounds of it." Edit: @richard_webber: "Not just DNS down for the BBC, they've been taken off the Internet completely, no routing to AS2818."

ljf 16y ago
Yes, wondered about ddos first when posting this, but now seems more unlikely. They did a fairly big platform overhaul last week, but most of the site doesn't run on it yet, plus the news.bbc.co.uk servers don't and they are usually their most robust. Nothing on BBC news channel yet mentioning it, which you'd think there would be if was foul play.
- ljf 16y ago
  bbc.com and bbcworldwide.com down too, so very likely routing issues. Hope the out of hours ops team are availble!
estel 16y ago
Allegedly BGP routing issue: 23:26:01 <+GeeDee> cr0.ixnlon#sh ip bgp 132.185.132.21 23:26:01 <+GeeDee> % Network not in table
- kierank 16y ago
  132.185.0.0/16 is back up but 212.58.0.0/16 isn't. EDIT: 132.185.0.0/16 has gone again. (actually it's a bit less than a /16 but I don't feel like looking it up)
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aditya 16y ago

Back now.

re1s 16y ago

They're up again.

hartror 16y ago

Back for me.

ljf 16y ago

And it's back, I guess we'll find out more tomorrow on the BBC blogs.

corin_ 16y ago

Budget cuts ;)

jasonmoy79 16y ago

it's not down, works for me.

djmattyg007 16y ago

the simple idea that anything from the BBC could be "down" and not operating is, quite plainly, freaking scary.