Root servers screwed
Bill Manning
bmanning at ISI.EDU
Mon Jun 5 21:40:05 UTC 2000
Not at all. b-m do not carry the .com zone. They use to
but being root servers, those zones were excised and placed on
dedicated .com servers. "A" still has not made the transition.
so b-m will provide a referal to .com servers. A will answer.
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%
% This is correct from A:
%
% unixws1:~ $ dig @a.root-servers.net microsoft.com
% ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @a.root-servers.net microsoft.com
% ; (1 server found)
% ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
% ;; got answer:
% ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
% ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4
% ;; QUERY SECTION:
% ;; microsoft.com, type = A, class = IN
%
% ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
% microsoft.com. 2D IN NS ATBD.microsoft.com.
% microsoft.com. 2D IN NS DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET.
% microsoft.com. 2D IN NS DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET.
% microsoft.com. 2D IN NS DNS1.microsoft.com.
% ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
% ATBD.microsoft.com. 2D IN A 131.107.1.7
% DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET. 2D IN A 207.46.138.11
% DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET. 2D IN A 207.46.138.12
% DNS1.microsoft.com. 2D IN A 131.107.1.240
% ;; Total query time: 61 msec
% ;; FROM: unixws1 to SERVER: a.root-servers.net 198.41.0.4
% ;; WHEN: Wed Jul 5 22:04:14 2000
% ;; MSG SIZE sent: 31 rcvd: 182
%
%
%
% ----------------------------------------------------------
% This is a Very Bad Thing (tm) from B:
% unixws1:~ $ dig @b.root-servers.net microsoft.com
% ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @b.root-servers.net microsoft.com
% ; (1 server found)
% ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
% ;; got answer:
% ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
% ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 12, ADDITIONAL: 12
% ;; QUERY SECTION:
% ;; microsoft.com, type = A, class = IN
% ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
% COM. 6D IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
% COM. 6D IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
% ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
% A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 198.41.0.4
% G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.112.36.4
% F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.17.208.67
% F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.5.5.241
% E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.203.230.10
% J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.41.0.21
% K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 195.8.99.11
% A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.41.3.38
% M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 210.176.152.18
% H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 216.33.75.82
% C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 205.188.185.18
% I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.36.144.253
% ;; Total query time: 86 msec
% ;; FROM: unixws1 to SERVER: b.root-servers.net 128.9.0.107
% ;; WHEN: Wed Jul 5 22:05:00 2000
% ;; MSG SIZE sent: 31 rcvd: 447
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% ----------------------------------------------------
%
% Adam Maloney
% Systems Administrator
% Sihope Communications
%
% On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Bill Manning wrote:
%
% > %
% > % Can someone else confirm that b,c,d,h,i,j,k,l, and m.root-servers.net are
% > % FUBAR?
% > %
% > % Adam Maloney
% > % Systems Administrator
% > % Sihope Communications
% >
% >
% > l & b look good from here. why do you think otherwise?
% >
% > --bill
% >
%
%
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--bill
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