[IP] more on Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response
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From: Peter H Salus <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 13, 2005 4:05:16 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response
I truly wonder whether the FEMA computers "crashed."
I think the problem is far more profound. email to
fema.gov gets bounced, for the most part. A bit of
prodding around the whois database reveals that
there is no "mx" record for fema.gov. Thus, any email
that's sent from a machine that doesn't look up the A
record for a site, will bounce.
FEMA is email-proof. Its web site returns 403 and 404
errors. This is the triumph of ignorance.
It was suggested earlier today on NANOG that a few
O'Reilly handbooks would really help FEMA.
Peter
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