Registering .IT domain names with Bind

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> >>We are having some problems registering .IT domain names on our Windows NT
> >>Server, running Bind. Has anyone had any experience with this previously
> or
> >>can offer any advice ?
> 
> >Could you be more specific about the problems?  There's no reason why a DNS
> >server should care what top-level domain your names are in, it's just
> >arbitrary text as far as the server is concerned.
> 
> We're having the following problem with nic.it ...
> 
> DNSCHECK [NS.POOL.NET]: FAILED
> 
> Using domain server 212.36.169.16:
> Trying null domain
> rcode = 0 (Success), ancount=5
> DOMAIN.IT	86400	IN	SOA	ns.pool.net netca.inetc.net(
> 			5	;serial (version)
> 			86400	;refresh period
> 			1800	;retry interval
> 			604800	;expire time
> 			86400	;default ttl
> 			)
> DOMAIN.IT	86400	IN	NS	ns.pool.net
> DOMAIN.IT	86400	IN	NS	dns2.nic.it
> DOMAIN.IT	86400	IN	A	212.36.169.16
> DOMAIN.IT	86400	IN	MX	10 mail.pool.net
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Andi Twine,
> Web Project Manager,
> The Pool.Net Agency.
> andi.twine at pool.net
> 
> 
	While I think you are trying to hide the domainname involved
	as you were asked for specifics I am going to assume you
	didn't.

	Well ns.pool.net is not serving DOMAIN.IT so it is little
	wonder that the check failed.

	Mark

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> soa +norec DOMAIN.IT DOMAIN.IT @ns.pool.net 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 60610
;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 7, ADDITIONAL: 8
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	DOMAIN.IT, type = SOA, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
it.			1d17h54m14s IN NS  NS.IUNET.it.
it.			1d17h54m14s IN NS  NAMESERVER.CNR.it.
it.			1d17h54m14s IN NS  SERVER2.INFN.it.
it.			1d17h54m14s IN NS  NS2.PSI.NET.
it.			1d17h54m14s IN NS  NS.EU.NET.
it.			1d17h54m14s IN NS  ADMII.ARL.MIL.
it.			1d17h54m14s IN NS  DNS.NIC.it.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
NS.IUNET.it.		1d18h28m50s IN A  192.106.1.1
NAMESERVER.CNR.it.	5h32m6s IN A	194.119.192.34
SERVER2.INFN.it.	1d17h54m14s IN A  131.154.1.3
NS2.PSI.NET.		19h6m1s IN A	38.8.50.2
NS.EU.NET.		1d1h40m9s IN A	192.16.202.11
ADMII.ARL.MIL.		21h27m2s IN A	128.63.5.4
ADMII.ARL.MIL.		21h27m2s IN A	128.63.31.4
DNS.NIC.it.		1d17h54m14s IN A  193.205.245.5

;; Total query time: 636 msec
;; FROM: bsdi.dv.isc.org to SERVER: ns.pool.net  212.36.169.16
;; WHEN: Thu Jun 17 23:50:53 1999
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 27  rcvd: 330

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