Setting up a Root name server

[Michael Voight]

Corrrect, my wording was incorrect.
 
I meant " Did you do nslookup in NON RECURSIVE mode?? Root servers do
not
respond with recursive queries"

And, yes, I do this for a living.

Michael

Mark_Andrews at isc.org wrote:
> 
>         While the root servers are set up not to recurse the *do* answer
>         recursive queries with referrals.  Proof by example.
> 
>         Mark
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> non-existant.csiro.au @a.root-servers.net
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 7, ADDITIONAL: 10
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      non-existant.csiro.au, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> AU.                     2D IN NS        NS2.BERKELEY.EDU.
> AU.                     2D IN NS        MULGA.CS.MU.OZ.AU.
> AU.                     2D IN NS        MUNNARI.OZ.AU.
> AU.                     2D IN NS        NS.EU.NET.
> AU.                     2D IN NS        NS1.BERKELEY.EDU.
> AU.                     2D IN NS        NS.UU.NET.
> AU.                     2D IN NS        VANGOGH.CS.BERKELEY.EDU.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> NS2.BERKELEY.EDU.       2D IN A         128.32.136.12
> NS2.BERKELEY.EDU.       2D IN A         128.32.206.12
> MULGA.CS.MU.OZ.AU.      2D IN A         128.250.1.22
> MULGA.CS.MU.OZ.AU.      2D IN A         128.250.37.150
> MUNNARI.OZ.AU.          2D IN A         128.250.1.21
> NS.EU.NET.              2D IN A         192.16.202.11
> NS1.BERKELEY.EDU.       2D IN A         128.32.136.9
> NS1.BERKELEY.EDU.       2D IN A         128.32.206.9
> NS.UU.NET.              2D IN A         137.39.1.3
> VANGOGH.CS.BERKELEY.EDU.  2D IN A  128.32.33.5
> 
> ;; Total query time: 604 msec
> ;; FROM: bsdi.dv.isc.org to SERVER: a.root-servers.net  198.41.0.4
> ;; WHEN: Sat Sep  4 11:36:46 1999
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 39  rcvd: 368
>
> >
> > Michael Voight wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Duh.... Did you do nslookup in NON RECURSIVE mode?? Root servers do not
> > > respond to non-recursive queries  AFAIK.
> > >
> >
> > Ugh, root servers do not recurs. root nameservers only respond to non-recursi
> > ve
> > queries.. I hope you don't do this for a living...
> >
> >
> >
> --
> Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka at isc.org