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It's been pointed out that these servers still respond over TCP: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/114089755401568345 https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/114089755401568345

It's been pointed out that these servers still respond over TCP: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/114089755401568345 https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/114089755401568345 https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2025-March/022843.html https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2025-Mar... Given that the service is still partially operational (albeit not in a useful way), it's difficult to say from the outside what is going on.

thomasingalls 2y ago
Pubmed is one of the most reliable services in the history of the internet. Sure the exact issue is opaque, but the fish rots from the head.
- prepend 2y ago
  Pubmed is running. (Thankfully as it is one of the building blocks of science)
- hoofhearted 2y ago
  I’m a little late to this thread; but is PubMed really one of the most reliable services in the history of the internet? I worked on the underlying infrastructure that powers PubMed in the 2010’s at the National Library of Medicine. I was all up in that thing converting legacy pneumatic Johnson Control systems to Siemens PXC’s, and didn’t actually realize its historical importance online. That’s pretty cool to see this comment. We had full access to the Datacenter at the National Library of Medicine, and as a young apprentice I really had no idea what PubMed was at the time lol. I only realized how important of a system it might be when we saw the realtime traffic analytics on the screens outside of the data hall.
raphman 2y ago
Can confirm. Thanks for pointing this out. This makes it much more likely that someone messed up a server/firewall configuration than that Musk is ripping out network cables at NIH.
- softwaredoug 2y ago
  OTOH it's possible this is the easiest way to disrupt a site - screw with the DNS
- daveguy 2y ago
  So we are looking at reckless incompetence, and not malice? Sorry, but at this point, prove it.
  - hooverd 2y ago
    Biden was sleepy though!
stwrzn 2y ago
This is for sure a firewall misconfiguration. If there would be malicious intent, the bad actor would for sure not just close UDP.

thomasingalls 2y ago

Pubmed is one of the most reliable services in the history of the internet. Sure the exact issue is opaque, but the fish rots from the head.

prepend 2y ago
Pubmed is running. (Thankfully as it is one of the building blocks of science)
hoofhearted 2y ago
I’m a little late to this thread; but is PubMed really one of the most reliable services in the history of the internet? I worked on the underlying infrastructure that powers PubMed in the 2010’s at the National Library of Medicine. I was all up in that thing converting legacy pneumatic Johnson Control systems to Siemens PXC’s, and didn’t actually realize its historical importance online. That’s pretty cool to see this comment. We had full access to the Datacenter at the National Library of Medicine, and as a young apprentice I really had no idea what PubMed was at the time lol. I only realized how important of a system it might be when we saw the realtime traffic analytics on the screens outside of the data hall.

raphman 2y ago

Can confirm. Thanks for pointing this out. This makes it much more likely that someone messed up a server/firewall configuration than that Musk is ripping out network cables at NIH.

softwaredoug 2y ago
OTOH it's possible this is the easiest way to disrupt a site - screw with the DNS
daveguy 2y ago
So we are looking at reckless incompetence, and not malice? Sorry, but at this point, prove it.
- hooverd 2y ago
  Biden was sleepy though!

stwrzn 2y ago

This is for sure a firewall misconfiguration. If there would be malicious intent, the bad actor would for sure not just close UDP.