Missing domain mystery...

[Cricket Liu]

Jay Koski <jayk at nwlink.com> wrote in message
news:<Pine.BSF.4.10.9907021620020.90422-100000 at quiveringmeatwheel.desolation
row.com>...
> You can also do this:
>
> dig <domainname>
>
> Check for:
>
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
>
> When a domain has been placed on hold, status seems to change to
> NXDOMAIN. This is how I check for domains that have been frozen. I don't
> know how accurate this is, but afaik, it works.

NXDOMAIN just means "no such domain name," so you'd also get that error if
the domain name had never existed.

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