INFO domains

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 07:51:21PM +0200, David Tandberg-Johansen wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I wonder if anyone can tell me if I have to do some changes to BIND before I
> can add .INFO domains to my DNS?
> 
> David

You shouldn't have to.

'dig ns info':

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> ns info 
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	info, type = NS, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
info.			2D IN NS	TLD1.NOMINUM.com.
info.			2D IN NS	TLD2.NOMINUM.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
TLD1.NOMINUM.com.	2D IN A		198.133.199.100
TLD2.NOMINUM.com.	2D IN A		192.100.59.100

;; Total query time: 165 msec
;; FROM: washington to SERVER: default -- 198.81.161.68
;; WHEN: Tue Oct 16 17:00:47 2001
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 22  rcvd: 103

DNS is a very general system.  You could have your own root with
.tandberg and .johansen top-level domains, and as long as you didn't
try to force it onto the public Internet, nobody would care.

;->

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