non existent host/domain

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> R Joseph Wright <rjoseph at speakeasy.org> writes:

    >> Why won't nslookup mammalia.org give me anything?

Because there's no such domain in the DNS! Oh and you should be using
dig instead of nslookup.

% dig @A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET mammalia.org

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET mammalia.org 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      mammalia.org, type = A, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ORG.                    1D IN SOA       A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.internic.NET. (
                                        2000042700      ; serial
                                        30M             ; refresh
                                        15M             ; retry
                                        1W              ; expiry
                                        1D )            ; minimum