All U.S. Embassy Sites Down EDIT: Site Back

Posted by odonnell33 on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @09:05AM
from the germany.usembassy.gov dept.

http://germany.usembassy.gov/

Had to check something and noticed the Frankfurt Consulate and Berlin Embassy sites were down. Checked Tel Aviv and Singapore out of curiosity and they are also down...along with any others. Any insight out there?

EDIT: Sites are back, but I found it nevertheless strange for them all to be down over an hour during prime working hours for Europe, Africa, S.America and half of N.America

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Re:All U.S. Embassy Sites Down EDIT: Site Back by hampelm on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @10:18AM (#6211618)

Looks like there was a somewhat extensive Google Public DNS / Comcast DNS issue with .gov domains. A number of people in the Midwest reported problems.

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Re:All U.S. Embassy Sites Down EDIT: Site Back by odonnell33 on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @11:15AM (#6211993)

Thanks for the insight. I and a couple friends tried from Germany, but I don't know how that relates.

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Re:All U.S. Embassy Sites Down EDIT: Site Back by sp332 on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @09:09AM (#6211222)

That site looks fine. http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://germany.usembassy....

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Re:All U.S. Embassy Sites Down EDIT: Site Back by odonnell33 on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @09:19AM (#6211265)

Thanks. It was also down for my friend across town, who I checked with before posting.

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Re:All U.S. Embassy Sites Down EDIT: Site Back by ericclemmons on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @09:31AM (#6211336)

Is there a story behind this, or is it just another "____ is down" post?

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Re:All U.S. Embassy Sites Down EDIT: Site Back by odonnell33 on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @10:06AM (#6211539)

Not trying to waste time, but found it strange that each embassy's site I tried was down during prime working hours for embassies on 4 different continents. I realize this affects a small percentage of U.S. citizens such as myself who live overseas and use these services.

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Re:All U.S. Embassy Sites Down EDIT: Site Back by yougotborked on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @10:00AM (#6211508)

always use isup.me/<questionable_site>

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Re:All U.S. Embassy Sites Down EDIT: Site Back by odonnell33 on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @10:29AM (#6211678)

I appreciate that. I had a couple friends in different cities also check and it wasn't working for them. Just found it strange that all embassy sites we tried were unreachable for about an hour during a prime part of the day.

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