www.dhs.gov.            900     IN      CNAME   www.dhs.gov.edgesuite.net.
www.dhs.gov.edgesuite.net. 21600 IN     CNAME   a830.g.akamai.net.
a830.g.akamai.net.      20      IN      A       199.232.159.232
a830.g.akamai.net.      20      IN      A       199.232.159.231

Two CNAMEs.  Hmm.  Not good.

Also, the reverse DNS is:

199.232.159.231 = a199-232-159-231.deploy.akamaitechnologies.net
199.232.159.232 = a199-232-159-232.deploy.akamaitechnologies.net

And those don't match in forward (not that this breaks things, but
it does show me more things they can't get right).

BTW, when their webmaster@... and postmaster@dhs.gov mailboxes
bounced, I used their web feedback form.  That form script sends
email with MY email as the return address, to feedback@...
which also bounced, and I got the bounce.

I know I could have had all that set up right in less than a day.
I just wonder how many weeks it will take for the government and
its contractors to get it right.

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Replies

[isp-dns] Re: US Department of Homeland Security - broken DNS for www.dhs.gov, R. Scott Perry

[isp-dns] Re: US Department of Homeland Security - broken DNS for www.dhs.gov, Pete Ehlke

[isp-dns] Re: US Department of Homeland Security - broken DNS forwww.dhs.gov, Michael Loftis