Access to NPI network disrupted

Since this morning, untold numbers of potential visitors have been unable to access the NPI network because of a bizarre and serious problem with DNS (domain name system) resolution that our website hosting company and its partners were experiencing. (Not a result of any malicious attacks or anything, just a weird glitch).

Previously, if you typed www.nwprogressive.org into your browser (say, Firefox) you got an error message like this:

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at www.nwprogressive.org.

• Check the address for typing errors such as ww.example.com instead of www.example.com
• If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.
• If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

However, the network itself is not down - it's working fine. The trouble is simply that the domain name isn't (or wasn't, it is as of this evening). And unfortunately there's nothing we could have done to fix the problem ourselves.

We apologize for the inconvenience - thanks for your understanding.

I will update this post as soon as there is any news.

[UPDATE, 9:50 PM] The domain appears to be working again - finally! You should now be able to get to the Official Blog, Pacific Northwest Portal, or the NPI core site using our domain, www.nwprogressive.org. Permanent Defense's domain is also working again (www.permanentdefense.org). I updated what I wrote above to clarify that the domain is now working.

Again, sorry about the technical difficulties.