German domain name server failure message may be lost

Xinhua Berlin, May 12 (reporter Zhou) German media reported 12th, due to the failure of the German Network Information Center, a large number of domain names in order to ". de" at the end of the German web site from about 13:30 on the day began unable to log in, before 15 o'clock back to normal.　　It is not yet possible to estimate the damage caused by the accident. The German Network Information Center said in a statement that its domain name server responsible for ". de" issued an error message "The specified domain does not exist" for access to the German web site, causing some German web sites to fail to log on.　　The centre did not explain the exact cause of the accident. It is reported that many network service providers, such as Deutsche Telekom, have confirmed that messages ending with ". De" cannot be sent and received properly during the above period. Some experts believe that the ". de" message sent at the end of this paragraph is likely to be lost because the mail receiving server cannot read its address correctly.