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Failed To Download Update / Could not contact primary server

This morning, the Sophos icon displayed an X in the center of the shield but wasn't grayed out, and the first entry on the menu was a grayed out "Failed To Download Update".  Choosing "Update Now" causes the Sophos AutoUpdate Status window to open, briefly display the "downloading" bar, then end with "Could not contact primary server" and "Authentication Error" followed by the date and time.  Looking into the console, I see that early this morning there were a number of messages regarding Sophos, almost all of them along the following lines: "3/19/15 7:28:22.685 AM SophosSXLD[137]: [SMESXLInterface.m:437] no DNS addresses found", and similar messages appear to go back to at least March 13.

Is there a problem with the Sophos server, and if so what's the prognosis?  Or is it something with my computer, and if so what should I do?  I'm running Sophos Home Edition 9.2.4 (Threat detection engine 3.58.1, Threat data 5.12) on a Mac running OSX 10.9.5.

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  • THis is what I'm seeing:

    $ dig dci.sophosupd.com

    ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> dci.sophosupd.com
    ;; global options: +cmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 43650
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;dci.sophosupd.com.        IN    A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    dci.sophosupd.com.    4    IN    CNAME    dci.sophosupd.com.edgesuite.net.
    dci.sophosupd.com.edgesuite.net. 8132 IN CNAME    a334.g.akamai.net.
    a334.g.akamai.net.    11    IN    A    23.62.7.11
    a334.g.akamai.net.    11    IN    A    23.62.7.19

    ;; Query time: 16 msec
    ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
    ;; WHEN: Thu Mar 19 16:15:15 2015
    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 140

    $ dig d1.sophosupd.com

    ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> d1.sophosupd.com
    ;; global options: +cmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37911
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;d1.sophosupd.com.        IN    A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    d1.sophosupd.com.    8    IN    CNAME    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.
    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.    60    IN    A    68.142.118.254
    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.    60    IN    A    68.142.118.4

    ;; Query time: 0 msec
    ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
    ;; WHEN: Thu Mar 19 16:19:47 2015
    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 99

    $ dig d2.sophosupd.com

    ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> d2.sophosupd.com
    ;; global options: +cmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1220
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;d2.sophosupd.com.        IN    A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    d2.sophosupd.com.    152    IN    CNAME    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.
    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.    344    IN    A    68.142.118.4
    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.    344    IN    A    68.142.118.254

    ;; Query time: 25 msec
    ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
    ;; WHEN: Thu Mar 19 16:20:00 2015
    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 99

    :1020488
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  • THis is what I'm seeing:

    $ dig dci.sophosupd.com

    ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> dci.sophosupd.com
    ;; global options: +cmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 43650
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;dci.sophosupd.com.        IN    A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    dci.sophosupd.com.    4    IN    CNAME    dci.sophosupd.com.edgesuite.net.
    dci.sophosupd.com.edgesuite.net. 8132 IN CNAME    a334.g.akamai.net.
    a334.g.akamai.net.    11    IN    A    23.62.7.11
    a334.g.akamai.net.    11    IN    A    23.62.7.19

    ;; Query time: 16 msec
    ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
    ;; WHEN: Thu Mar 19 16:15:15 2015
    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 140

    $ dig d1.sophosupd.com

    ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> d1.sophosupd.com
    ;; global options: +cmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37911
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;d1.sophosupd.com.        IN    A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    d1.sophosupd.com.    8    IN    CNAME    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.
    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.    60    IN    A    68.142.118.254
    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.    60    IN    A    68.142.118.4

    ;; Query time: 0 msec
    ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
    ;; WHEN: Thu Mar 19 16:19:47 2015
    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 99

    $ dig d2.sophosupd.com

    ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> d2.sophosupd.com
    ;; global options: +cmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1220
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;d2.sophosupd.com.        IN    A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    d2.sophosupd.com.    152    IN    CNAME    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.
    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.    344    IN    A    68.142.118.4
    sophos.vo.llnwd.net.    344    IN    A    68.142.118.254

    ;; Query time: 25 msec
    ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
    ;; WHEN: Thu Mar 19 16:20:00 2015
    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 99

    :1020488
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