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Tell HN: Steamcommunity.com has lost their DNS-A record

25 points by geek_at 2y ago

Currently steamcommunity.com (the official site where Steam users download Workshop items and have forums) is not resolving A records with most DNS providers Seen here: https://www.nslookup.io/domains/steamcommunity.com/dns-records/#cloudflare When I did a dig on the A record it did not resolve with Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) but did resolve with 8.8.8.8, later not even that. Seems like they have pushed a weekend update

FunnyGunther 2y ago
Well updating DNS records is not closely related to any product updates, though this might take a good time to migrate if it's not well planned update. I remember once my DNS record took more than 3 days to migrate. Now the site is not accessible.
cubittus 2y ago
According to whois the domain is marked ClientHold - this means the domain is subject to legal dispute or non-payment. :-o
- geek_at 2y ago
  That's what I was thinking. Probably some illegal content on the forums that caused someone to file something to cause drastic measures
  - plagiat0r 2y ago
    Whatever is hosted on the domain, registrar should never intervene without a court order. This is beyond comprehension how registrars are abusing their clients.
- omegacharlie 2y ago
  It is removed now. Updated Date: 2024-06-02T11:17:09Z steamcommunity.com is also registered with Network Solutions. I wonder if that blew up in Valve's face.
ohmyiv 2y ago
Ah, thanks. I was wondering why I couldn't access a game community, but didnt bother to check why. I hope while the site is down, they do some kind of culling of all the spam BS that has been taking over more and more, especially the lame meme guides that are just AI trash or copypasta. While they're at it, they can cull some of the lame copypasta spam reviews as well. It kind of frustrating to take a quick peek at reviews and see ascii upvote cats and other tired memes. Well, at least I can hope that they take care of it. What's that phrase? Want in one hand, poop in the other, and see which one fills faster.
ctippett 2y ago
Both 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 are showing as authoritative. That shouldn't be the case, no? dig steamcommunity.com @8.8.8.8 ; <<>> DiG 9.9.7-P3 <<>> steamcommunity.com @8.8.8.8 ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 25750 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
- geek_at 2y ago
  true! Site works fine though when you override steamcommunity.com with the ip 104.96.144.90 in your hosts file
  - taskforcegemini 2y ago
    I was confused why this has AT as countrycode, but then saw "geek_at". I miss geeq.at
cyberflame 2y ago
It seems to only be resolving on some providers
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25 points by geek_at 2y ago

FunnyGunther 2y ago

Well updating DNS records is not closely related to any product updates, though this might take a good time to migrate if it's not well planned update. I remember once my DNS record took more than 3 days to migrate. Now the site is not accessible.

cubittus 2y ago

According to whois the domain is marked ClientHold - this means the domain is subject to legal dispute or non-payment. :-o

geek_at 2y ago
That's what I was thinking. Probably some illegal content on the forums that caused someone to file something to cause drastic measures
- plagiat0r 2y ago
  Whatever is hosted on the domain, registrar should never intervene without a court order. This is beyond comprehension how registrars are abusing their clients.
omegacharlie 2y ago
It is removed now. Updated Date: 2024-06-02T11:17:09Z steamcommunity.com is also registered with Network Solutions. I wonder if that blew up in Valve's face.

ohmyiv 2y ago

Ah, thanks. I was wondering why I couldn't access a game community, but didnt bother to check why. I hope while the site is down, they do some kind of culling of all the spam BS that has been taking over more and more, especially the lame meme guides that are just AI trash or copypasta. While they're at it, they can cull some of the lame copypasta spam reviews as well. It kind of frustrating to take a quick peek at reviews and see ascii upvote cats and other tired memes. Well, at least I can hope that they take care of it. What's that phrase? Want in one hand, poop in the other, and see which one fills faster.

ctippett 2y ago

Both 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 are showing as authoritative. That shouldn't be the case, no? dig steamcommunity.com @8.8.8.8 ; <<>> DiG 9.9.7-P3 <<>> steamcommunity.com @8.8.8.8 ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 25750 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

geek_at 2y ago
true! Site works fine though when you override steamcommunity.com with the ip 104.96.144.90 in your hosts file
- taskforcegemini 2y ago
  I was confused why this has AT as countrycode, but then saw "geek_at". I miss geeq.at

cyberflame 2y ago

It seems to only be resolving on some providers

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