BBC Down

[OzyOly]

I feel sorry for the poor expletive that this falls to in the coming hours.

Someone won't have a job tomorrow.

It wont be someone at the BBC who has caused this. Websites like the BBC have many, many servers that are used concurrently. They wont have just one DNS either. It's a very top level problem.

 

[paradigm]

I've stuck on Radio 1 in case they mention it

But doesn't that mean enduring the drivel that is Radio 1, just for a possible mention (reported badly no less) of the Beeb's internet troubles?

Radio 2 would be a better bet.

 

[Al Vallario]

It wont be someone at the BBC who has caused this. Websites like the BBC have many, many servers that are used concurrently. They wont have just one DNS either. It's a very top level problem.

The BBC control their own nameservers; it'll be an in-house problem

 

[paradigm]

It wont be someone at the BBC who has caused this. Websites like the BBC have many, many servers that are used concurrently. They wont have just one DNS either.

You don't think I know that? Whilst we (where I work for) are many magnitudes smaller, I'm fully aware of the kinds of platforms and technologies behind their content delivery.

However depending on the actual cause this should have been mitigated BEFORE the problem occured. Either someone hasn't arranged for adequate DDoS offloading, or they haven't got something right with their platform as a whole.

 

[pmbuzz]

Radio 5 would be more likely to mention it imo.

 

[Stolly]

I'm guessing that the wonderful resilient system they thought they had has a single point of failure that they didn't even know about. Well, until tonight.

 

[paradigm]

I'm guessing that the wonderful resilient system they thought they had has a single point of failure that they didn't even know about. Well, until tonight.

Precisely what I'm getting at. Something has been overlooked in the past, regardless of tonights issue.

 

[Oh Ed not again.]

What's weirder, is I just checked the BBCBlackout search and the first tweet was from a guy with the same name as me. I'm going to bed, this **** just got weird.

 

[JBod]

Actually its more basic than that, it looks like they have stopped advertising the routes to the BBC name servers. This will be a network admins screw up.

 

[paradigm]

Actually its more basic than that, it looks like they have stopped advertising the routes to the BBC name servers. This will be a network admins screw up.

In which case, someone definitely won't have a job come tomorrow.

 

[dave_beast]

I demand my licence fee back

 

[VeNT]

RT @PeterHorrocks1: We're having technical problems with the BBC website - they are being looked into urgently. Apologies from BBC News.

thats all ok then

 

[2StepSteve]

Clearly, a cleaner unplugged the DNS server(s) in order to hoover the room.

Case closed.

 

[shine]

I demand my licence fee back

You can apply for a refund here:

www.bbc.co.uk/refund

 

[OzyOly]

The BBC control their own nameservers; it'll be an in-house problem

I thought only ICANN controlled root level DNS zones?

You don't think I know that? Whilst we (where I work for) are many magnitudes smaller, I'm fully aware of the kinds of platforms and technologies behind their content delivery.

However depending on the actual cause this should have been mitigated BEFORE the problem occured. Either someone hasn't arranged for adequate DDoS offloading, or they haven't got something right with their platform as a whole.

So you think it's a DDoS problem? I only studied one term in my second year of Uni about networking (I decided to specialise in embedded systems for my 3rd/MSc year) so I'm not an expert on the matter, I didn't meant to come across as patronising.

 

[V4NT0M]

Working fine for me.

 

[dave_beast]

You can apply for a refund here:

www.bbc.co.uk/refund

Ha

 

[Strife212]

Working fine for me.

Press F5

 

[Rameses]

Colnel Gaddafi last laugh anyone ?

 

[Adrianr]

Dammit! I find it so easy to fall asleep with a good science documentary on, now ill be up for hours I'd ask for my license fee back too but its much harder when you haven't actually paid for one.