[30384] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: g.root-servers.net returns NXDOMAIN for com.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Shields)
Tue Aug 1 11:44:23 2000
To: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Michael Shields <shields@msrl.com>
Date: 01 Aug 2000 15:42:28 +0000
In-Reply-To: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com's message of "Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:04:10 +0000 (UCT)"
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> check carefully. most root servers are no longer
> authoritative for gTLDs. The gTLDS are being moved
> to their own machines.
Yes, I know. But g was returning *NXDOMAIN*. It did not refer queries
to gTLD servers; it authoritatively claimed that com did not exist. This
can and did can queries to fail and mail to bounce.
--
Shields.
