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I think everyone deserves a thorough explanation of what happend.
Computers on the internet don't talk by using names, like www.disboards.com. That get's translated into a number. For example www.disboards.com really equals 198.64.133.85.
When you type www.disboards.com into your browser your computer does goes out to a special server which is run by YOUR ISP called a DNS server.
This server goes out onto the internet to special servers called "root servers". There are 8 of these located all over the world. They have a conversation something like "excuse me can you tell me who would have the address for www.disboards.com". They answer sure that would be "www.gtld1-verisign-grs.com". Verisign is an outside company that we use to handle our DNS. They are part of Network Solutions and are supposed to be the biggest and most reliable DNS service there is.
Your server then goes to that server and gets the address.
What happend here is that verisign decided to switch servers. They had thought they sent emails to everyone letting them know but they have since determined that they messed up and the emails did not go out.
The reason this takes so long to fix is because of caching. All of the servers along the way "cache" or save the addresses. This is to cut down on internet traffic and because the root servers could not handle the load otherwise. Unfortunately that means that problems take a LONG time to fix. Your ISP's server believes it has the right address and doesn't check it for a period of time. I can be as much as 48 hours.
Hopefully this isn't written in "techspeak" and i will be glad to answer any questions!
Computers on the internet don't talk by using names, like www.disboards.com. That get's translated into a number. For example www.disboards.com really equals 198.64.133.85.
When you type www.disboards.com into your browser your computer does goes out to a special server which is run by YOUR ISP called a DNS server.
This server goes out onto the internet to special servers called "root servers". There are 8 of these located all over the world. They have a conversation something like "excuse me can you tell me who would have the address for www.disboards.com". They answer sure that would be "www.gtld1-verisign-grs.com". Verisign is an outside company that we use to handle our DNS. They are part of Network Solutions and are supposed to be the biggest and most reliable DNS service there is.
Your server then goes to that server and gets the address.
What happend here is that verisign decided to switch servers. They had thought they sent emails to everyone letting them know but they have since determined that they messed up and the emails did not go out.
The reason this takes so long to fix is because of caching. All of the servers along the way "cache" or save the addresses. This is to cut down on internet traffic and because the root servers could not handle the load otherwise. Unfortunately that means that problems take a LONG time to fix. Your ISP's server believes it has the right address and doesn't check it for a period of time. I can be as much as 48 hours.
Hopefully this isn't written in "techspeak" and i will be glad to answer any questions!
! I also cant access wdwinfo.com, just the boards, but that is an improvement from yesterday!
