Identity Digital that .au Registry operator announced that there were some DNSSEC technical issues that affected many sites from not loading during that time range.
We noticed that the vast majority of our domains failed to load.
On 18 September 2023 between 10:05 (AEST) and 10:52 (AEST) [00:05 UTC and 00:52 UTC], some Internet users may have experienced an issue with DNSSEC related DNS resolution. DNS Resolvers which use strict DNSSEC validation and did not have the query response cached did not resolve .au names during this timeframe.
As of 10:52 (AEST) [00:52 UTC], normal operations have resumed and DNSSEC related activity in the zone is working as expected. Resolvers which use strict DNSSEC validation should continue to resolve .au domain names normally.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Please contact .au Technical Support if you have any questions.
