Problem causing inaccessibility of RU zone websites fixed, connection issues may persist for some time - ministry
MOSCOW. Jan 31 (Interfax) - The problem causing the inaccessibility of RU zone websites and services has been fixed, but connection issues may persist for some time, the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media said.
"The technical problem related to the DNSSEC global infrastructure, which caused the inaccessibility of RU zone websites, has been fixed. Issues with DNS operation may persist for some time until the updated data is distributed throughout the domain name system," the ministry said.
It said previously that problems with the accessibility of RU zone websites and services were linked to the global protocol infrastructure of the DNSSEC domain name system, which is a set of extensions to the DNS protocol that ensures the integrity and reliability of data.
The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) said in response to a question from Interfax that it should contact the Internet Technical Center. "Managing the RU domain zone is a function within their area of responsibility," Roskomnadzor said.
"Access providers and owners of autonomous systems that use resolving of the National Domain Name System of the NMMC [Network Monitoring and Management Center] are operating normally," it said.
"The NMMC has sent respective recommendations to the owners of all autonomous systems within the RU zone," Roskomnadzor said.
Media said earlier, citing reports by users in large Russian cities, that mobile operators and providers experienced a failure which prevented RU domain zone websites and applications from opening.
According to the Downradar service, malfunctions were recorded in particular on the websites of Yandex, MTS, Megafon, Beeline, Ozon, Avito, Wildberries, Kinopoisk, and a number of others.
Megafon told Interfax that it had recorded a decline in traffic in the Russian segment of the Internet. "The problem is not with the Megafon network, our network is working normally," it said.
The VimpelCom press service said that the Beeline network was working normally. "Possible failures in the operation of certain web resources are not within Beeline's purview," the company said.
The domain name system (DNS) is a computer distributed system for obtaining domain data. DNSSEC is a set of DNS protocol extensions that help minimize attacks related to DNS address spoofing when resolving domain names. It provides DNS clients with authentic responses to DNS queries when authenticating web resources on the Internet, ensuring their integrity, and preventing IP address spoofing.