Google search finds outage

pr0digal jenius · May 9, 2005, 12:37 AM

"Google's Web site was inaccessible for a brief time Saturday and some visitors reported being rerouted to another site, leading some to believe that the search giant had been hacked.

The site was down from 3:45 to 4 p.m. PST, Google spokesman David Krane told The Associated Press.

"It was not a hacking or a security issue," Krane. He said the problem was related to the DNS (Domain Name System), which routes one's Internet protocol address to the appropriate Web site that the user wants to visit. If the DNS system goes down, Web pages requested usually do not appear or take a long time to load.

"Google's global properties were unavailable for a short period of time," Krane said. "We've remedied the problem and access to Google has been restored worldwide."

Rumors that the site was hacked began when visitors were reportedly rerouted to SoGoSearch.com."
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Source: C|Net News

pr0digal jenius · May 9, 2005, 12:38 AM

In other words, yesterday, for a brief span, the world ended and hell froze over all at once.

May 9, 2005, 12:37 AM	#1
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	Google search finds outage "Google's Web site was inaccessible for a brief time Saturday and some visitors reported being rerouted to another site, leading some to believe that the search giant had been hacked. The site was down from 3:45 to 4 p.m. PST, Google spokesman David Krane told The Associated Press. "It was not a hacking or a security issue," Krane. He said the problem was related to the DNS (Domain Name System), which routes one's Internet protocol address to the appropriate Web site that the user wants to visit. If the DNS system goes down, Web pages requested usually do not appear or take a long time to load. "Google's global properties were unavailable for a short period of time," Krane said. "We've remedied the problem and access to Google has been restored worldwide." Rumors that the site was hacked began when visitors were reportedly rerouted to SoGoSearch.com." ________________ Source: C\|Net News

May 9, 2005, 12:38 AM	Thread Starter #2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	In other words, yesterday, for a brief span, the world ended and hell froze over all at once.