Facebook says glitch kept some users from site
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook says some users were briefly unable to access the site because of a technical glitch.
The social networking site with over 1 billion users worldwide says on Monday it made a change to its domain name system setup. The change resulted in some users temporarily not being able to reach the site.
The problem was detected and the site is now fully back.
A DNS acts like a phone book for the Internet, translating a domain name like facebook.com into a number that points to a specific host computer.
Facebook did not say how many users were affected or for how long. Some technology blogs say the problems lasted about 20 minutes.
The social networking site with over 1 billion users worldwide says on Monday it made a change to its domain name system setup. The change resulted in some users temporarily not being able to reach the site.
The problem was detected and the site is now fully back.
A DNS acts like a phone book for the Internet, translating a domain name like facebook.com into a number that points to a specific host computer.
Facebook did not say how many users were affected or for how long. Some technology blogs say the problems lasted about 20 minutes.
I was one of those that was effected.I Gary a sister who suffered a stroke and was trying to Tracy familly.Yes they have phones but,, we only have one now that we nixed Verizon.
"Facebook says some users were briefly unable to access the site because of a technical glitch."
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Dang! How did THEY get so lucky????
For a whopping 20-minutes 1-billion people didn't have their privacy violated. December 10th should be declared a national holiday from now on.
"A DNS acts like a phone book for the Internet, translating a domain name like facebook.com into a number that points to a specific host computer."
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It's called an IP (Internet Protocol) Address. Traditionally IPV4 (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), but anymore IPV6 (XXXX:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx).
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When you update DNS (Domain Name System), the change must propagate throughout the network. In this case the world (a rather big network). If a mistake has been made (a typo or error) then the hostname (the DNS URL in this case www.facebook.com) will not resolve to the IP address. Had a person known the IP address of Facebook (69.63.176.13 among others) you could still have logged in.
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It's not a bad idea to know the IP address of anyplace you send or store important information. If you get malware or a virus, re-directing you from those hosts is a common way data thieves can steal your information. So if you suspect you're being redirected, you can look up where the link or even your browser is sending you can verify the destination is where you think it should be.
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