[7795] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: F.Root-Servers.net and bogus data
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Mon Feb 24 18:17:22 1997
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@bbnplanet.com>
To: ekgermann@cctec.com (Eric Germann)
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 18:07:04 -0500 (EST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970224171008.00727978@207.87.243.20> from "Eric Germann" at Feb 24, 97 05:10:11 pm
> So who runs F, and how do I politely ask them to check and see if they
> picked up their updates last Friday. Contact listed for root-servers.net
> is hostmaster@internic.net.
WHOIS has contact information for individual root servers (as well
as all nameservers responsible for initial-level delegations). In general
this information is accurate and correct.
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[all-purpose-gunk!jhawk] ~> whois f.root-servers.net
Internet Software Consortium (ISC)
Hostname: F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
Address: 192.5.5.241
System: DEC ALPHA running BIND 4.9.5
Host Administrator:
Vixie, Paul (PV15) paul@VIX.COM
+1 415 747 0204
Domain Server
Record last updated on 09-Oct-96.
To see this host record with registered users, repeat the command with
a star ('*') before the name; or, use '%' to show JUST the registered users.
The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information
(Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's).
Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information.
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It's worth noting that during the recent problems with H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET,
contact information in WHOIS was not useful during off-hours. That has been
rectified and the info for H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET is now up-to-date.
> At the risk of starting another flame war, does this make F the One FALSE
> Root Server?
Please let's fight to keep the nanog signal-to-noise ratio better than it is.
You should do your part.
--jhawk
