root nameserver reply with old informations.

[Derek Balling]

Because NSI has a host record for it, so it is being inserted as a 
glue record into the roots:

[No name] (WWW8724-HST)

    Hostname: WWW.DIGIMEC.COM
    Address: 212.177.4.58
    System: ? running ?

    Coordinator:
       Giovanbattista Frontera  (GF55-ORG)  gb.frontera at VIRTUALIA.IT
       Sercotel S.r.l.
       Via Varazze, 2
       MI, MI I-20149
       IT
       +39 2 40092366
       Fax- +39 2 40092366


Cheers,
D


At 6:56 PM +0200 5/10/01, Sandro Edelvais wrote:
>Hi All, we have a strange problem with a domain (digimec.com) moved from
>another mantainer to us.
>We have made all usual procedures for nameserver change, but often
>www.digimec.com is resolved on old ip-addr.
>After some investigation I noticed that the [A-M].GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>return old A RR for www.digimec.com.
>Below some digged information:
>
>
>
>--- Query on our authoritative nameserver
>---------------------------------
>
>; <<>> DiG 9.1.2 <<>> @ns.widhost.net. www.digimec.com any
>;; global options:  printcmd
>;; Got answer:
>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33014
>;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 4
>
>;; QUESTION SECTION:
>;www.digimec.com.   IN  ANY
>
>;; ANSWER SECTION:
>www.digimec.com.  3600  IN  MX  10 digimec.com.
>www.digimec.com.  3600  IN  MX  20 mail.inetu.net.
>www.digimec.com.  3600  IN  A 209.235.192.191
>
>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>digimec.com.    3600  IN  NS  ns.widhost.net.
>digimec.com.    3600  IN  NS  ns2.widhost.net.
>
>;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>digimec.com.    3600  IN  A 209.235.192.191
>mail.inetu.net.   3600  IN  A 206.245.188.80
>ns.widhost.net.   3600  IN  A 209.235.204.50
>ns2.widhost.net.  3600  IN  A 209.235.205.50
>
>;; Query time: 214 msec
>;; SERVER: 209.235.204.50#53(ns.widhost.net.)
>;; WHEN: Thu May 10 11:47:29 2001
>;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 202
>
>
>
>--- query to root nameserver
>
>; <<>> DiG 9.1.2 <<>> @a.root-servers.net. www.digimec.com any
>;; global options:  printcmd
>;; Got answer:
>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 61254
>;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 12, ADDITIONAL: 12
>
>;; QUESTION SECTION:
>;www.digimec.com.   IN  ANY
>
>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>COM.      172800  IN  NS  M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>
>;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 192.5.6.30
>G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 192.42.93.30
>C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 192.26.92.30
>I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 192.36.144.133
>B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 192.33.14.30
>D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 192.31.80.30
>L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 192.41.162.30
>F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 192.35.51.30
>J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 210.132.100.101
>K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 213.177.194.5
>E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 192.12.94.30
>M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800  IN  A 202.153.114.101
>
>;; Query time: 183 msec
>;; SERVER: 198.41.0.4#53(a.root-servers.net.)
>;; WHEN: Thu May 10 11:47:29 2001
>;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 436
>
>
>
>----- Query to com. nameserver
>
>; <<>> DiG 9.1.2 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net. www.digimec.com any
>;; global options:  printcmd
>;; Got answer:
>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 46988
>;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
>
>;; QUESTION SECTION:
>;www.digimec.com.   IN  ANY
>
>;; ANSWER SECTION:
>www.digimec.com.  172800  IN  A 212.177.4.58
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>DIGIMEC.COM.    172800  IN  NS  NS.WIDHOST.NET.
>DIGIMEC.COM.    172800  IN  NS  NS2.WIDHOST.NET.
>
>;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>NS.WIDHOST.NET.   172800  IN  A 209.235.204.50
>NS2.WIDHOST.NET.  172800  IN  A 209.235.205.50
>
>;; Query time: 170 msec
>;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(a.gtld-servers.net.)
>;; WHEN: Thu May 10 11:47:29 2001
>;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 138
>
>
>Why a.gtld-servers.net. returns wrong (more exactly the old value of) A
>RR for www.digimec.com.  ?
>
>Any hints ?
>
>Sandro Edelvais.
>
>
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>Via Aldighieri 25-25/b - 44100 Ferrara
>Tel 0532 242425 (6 LINEE R.A.) Fax 0532 242298 - 0532 213000
>email: info at widestore.net
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