German DNS Server Outage Affects .de Domains
The Ministry of the Interior stated that the site has been non-functional since Friday evening. Users are currently unable to access accounts, apply for driver's licenses, or process identity cards. The ministry reported the site is displaying an error page and is undergoing maintenance to ensure system security. The duration of the maintenance has not been specified. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is expected to make announcements regarding cybersecurity later today. Numerous websites using the.de domain experienced intermittent connectivity issues during the night. No specific cause for the technical disruption was identified. The registration authority DENIC attributed the disruption to a fault in the DNS server. The outage caused intermittent connectivity issues for users accessing German-registered sites.
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Sources · 7 independent
France Inter
“Depuis vendredi soir, le site Moulin dans le vide, avant d'afficher une page d'erreur, une opération de maintenance pour s'assurer de la bonne sécurité du système et qui prendra le temps qu'il faut, indique le ministère de l'Intérieur.”
MDR Kultur
“Zahlreiche Internetseiten mit dem Adressende.de sind in der Nacht zeitweise nicht erreichbar.”
NDR 2
“Zahlreiche Internetseiten mit dem Adressende.de sind in der Nacht”
NDR 2
“Zahlreiche Internetseiten mit dem Adressende .de waren in der Nacht zeitweise nicht erreichbar gewesen. Die Registrierungsstelle DENIC verwies auf eine Störung im DNS-Server.”
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