Fwd: what does this mean?

[Mark Maggelet]

On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:08:52 -0700, Mark Maggelet 
(maggelet at mminternet.com) wrote:
>This dns stuff is almost impossible to debug due to the fact=
 that 
>you 
>have to wait a full day to see your changes. Not good for 
>trial-and-error style people like me.
>
>Anyway, I'm hoping someone can tell me what it means when you=
 get a 
>response like this:
>
>nslookup -type=3DA neighborhood-news.com NS1.GRANITECANYON.COM
>Server:  ns1.granitecanyon.com
>Address:  205.166.226.38
>
>Name:    neighborhood-news.com.localdomain
>Served by:
>- K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          193.0.14.129
>
>- L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          198.32.64.12
>
>- M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          202.12.27.33
>
>- I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          192.36.148.17
>
>- E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          192.203.230.10
>
>- D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          128.8.10.90
>
>- A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          198.41.0.4
>
>- H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          128.63.2.53
>
>- C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          192.33.4.12
>
>- G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          192.112.36.4
>
>why does it say server by... and all those root servers? does=
 this 
>mean that it can't find the domain? I'm using granitecanyon for=
 a 
>bunch of different domains, but this one is giving me a headache=
 for
>some reason.
>
>any help much appreciated.
>
>- Mark