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(fwd) FW: Duff root nameserver
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Lockhart)
Thu Jun 22 09:56:28 2000
To: nanog@merit.edu
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:53:36 +0100
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From: Simon Lockhart <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
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This looks like it could be fun :)
> microsoft.com.
Server: a.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
Address: 198.41.3.38
*** a.GTLD-SERVERS.NET can't find microsoft.com.: Non-existent host/domain
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 12:36:32 +0100 (BST)
From: ULCC Postmaster <Postmaster@ulcc.ac.uk>
To: uk-mail-managers@ncl.ac.uk
Cc: Postmaster <Postmaster@ulcc.ac.uk>
Subject: Duff root nameserver
For your enjoyment, it appears to us that one of the root nameservers has
no information about the .com domains.
UKERNA IT Support queried a problem with domain lookups and our
investigation
revealed that a.GTLD-SERVERS.NET is returning NXDOMAIN responses to
.com lookups.
Eg:
dig microsoft.com @a.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; microsoft.com, type = A, class = IN
Bob Pockney
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