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athoik
$ dig A videolan.org @1.1.1.1

; <<>> DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1+deb10u9-Debian <<>> A videolan.org @1.1.1.1 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 33078 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;videolan.org. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION: org. 3391 IN SOA a0.org.afilias-nst.info. hostmaster.donuts.email. 1706948732 7200 900 1209600 3600

;; Query time: 5 msec ;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) ;; WHEN: Sat Feb 03 10:38:01 EET 2024 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 123

athoik
Querying the IP's of VLC nameservers works...

ns1.vlcplayer.org 213.36.253.2 ns2.vlcplayer.org 163.172.105.155

$ dig SOA videolan.org @213.36.253.2

;; ANSWER SECTION: videolan.org. 300 IN SOA ns0.videolan.org. admin.videolan.org. 2024010903 7200 3600 2419200 21600

$ dig NS videolan.org @163.172.105.155

;; ANSWER SECTION: videolan.org. 300 IN NS ns1.videolan.org. videolan.org. 300 IN NS ns2.videolan.org.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns1.videolan.org. 300 IN A 213.36.253.2 ns2.videolan.org. 300 IN A 163.172.105.155 ns1.videolan.org. 300 IN AAAA 2a01:e0d:1:3:58bf:fa02:c0de:60

It's like VLC domain expired and removed from DNS system.

jacquesm
Ouch. They better move before someone registers it in bad faith, though, presumably there is some kind of grace period.

edit: it looks as if it has been paid for now, but it still isn't resolving:

Registry Expiration: 2025-02-03 01:48:44 UTC

Updated: 2024-02-03 09:35:40 UTC

You can override the DNS using /etc/hosts

213.36.253.2 videolan.org

That will at least give you access if you need it until things are back to normal.