Root name servers caching DNS entries???

[James Raftery]

On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 03:17:35AM +0000, Michael Ma wrote:
> The root name server appears to be caching a non-authoritative answer for
> www.e-pair.com when it should be referring that query to the authoritative
> name servers.

There is a host record in the Registry database for www.e-pair.com:

The Data in Network Solutions' WHOIS database is provided by Network
[snip legal bumpf]
[No name] (WWW8464-HST)

   Hostname: WWW.E-PAIR.COM
   Address: 206.204.35.19
   System: ? running ?

   Coordinator:
      DNS Administration  (CONXION3)  dns at CONXION.NET
      Conxion Corporation
      4201 Burton Drive
      Santa Clara, CA 95054
      US
      800-CONXION, x8550
      Fax- Fax- 408-980-8240

   Record last updated on 17-Apr-2000.
   Database last updated on 24-May-2001 21:04:00 EDT.


And *.GTLD-SERVERS.NET are *not* the root servers. They are the COM, NET
and ORG servers.

james
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