The ORDB email blocking system was hacked and blocked all email today in the qwest & cox networks. This outage is expected to have lingering effects for several days.
Also, cox/qwest name servers have gone off line in some areas. A query of the servers returns root servers;
Server: den-sns-02.inet.qwest.net
Address: 205.171.16.250
Name: google.com
Served by:
- a.gtld-servers.net
192.5.6.30
com
- b.gtld-servers.net
192.33.14.30
com
- c.gtld-servers.net
192.26.92.30
com
- d.gtld-servers.net
192.31.80.30