# dnscheck -c -h -r -v -z zdf.de
[ ] /usr/bin/dig +norecurse ns "zdf.de" "@a.root-servers.net"
[de] /usr/bin/dig +norecurse ns "zdf.de" "@c.de.net"
+ zdf.de. IN NS ns01.zdf.de. (serial 2008102160)
+ zdf.de. IN NS ns02.zdf.de. (serial 2008102160)
[ ] /usr/bin/dig ns "zdf.de" "@-r"
zdf.de (serial 2008102160)
ns01.zdf.de -
ns02.zdf.de -
# dnscheck -c -h -r -v -z wdr.de
[ ] /usr/bin/dig +norecurse ns "wdr.de" "@a.root-servers.net"
[de] /usr/bin/dig +norecurse ns "wdr.de" "@a.nic.de"
+ wdr.de. IN NS pns.dtag.de. (serial 2010050700)
+ wdr.de. IN NS dnsext03.wdr.de. (serial 2010050700)
+ wdr.de. IN NS dnsext02.wdr.de. (serial 2010050700)
[ ] /usr/bin/dig ns "wdr.de" "@-r"
wdr.de (serial 2010050700)
pns.dtag.de -
dnsext02.wdr.de -
dnsext03.wdr.de -
# dnscheck -c -h -r -v -z bmw.de
[ ] /usr/bin/dig +norecurse ns "bmw.de" "@a.root-servers.net"
[de] /usr/bin/dig +norecurse ns "bmw.de" "@z.nic.de"
+ bmw.de. IN NS ns3.m-online.net. (serial 2010051112)
+ bmw.de. IN NS ns4.m-online.net. (serial 2010051112)
+ bmw.de. IN NS ns.bmw.de. (serial 2010051112)
+ bmw.de. IN NS ns2.m-online.net. (serial 2010051112)
[ ] /usr/bin/dig ns "bmw.de" "@-r"
bmw.de (serial 2010051112)
ns.bmw.de -
ns2.m-online.net -
ns3.m-online.net -
ns4.m-online.net -
several readers wrote in to note that the .de domain (germany), which is operated by denic [1], had an unplanned outage earlier that lasted a bit over an hour.
There is no official statement yet, but according to one source [2], a bad zone file was loaded and it took a while to fix.
Currently, .de domains appear to be reachable again.
[1] http://denic.de/ (in German)
[2] http://www.tld.sc/en/