Is e.root-servers.net lame for com?

[Jeff Robinson]

Cricket,

It sure looks as though e.root-servers.net. is lame for com..
Interesting...


Jeff Robinson




Cricket Liu wrote:

> Or am I just misinterpreting this dig output?
>
> $ dig @e.root-servers.net. soa com. +norec
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @e.root-servers.net. soa com. +norec
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 32309
> ;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 12, ADDITIONAL: 12
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      com, type = SOA, class = IN
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> com.                    6D IN NS        A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
> com.                    6D IN NS        K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    198.41.0.4
> H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    128.63.2.53
> C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    192.33.4.12
> G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    192.112.36.4
> F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     6D IN A         198.17.208.67
> F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    192.5.5.241
> B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    128.9.0.107
> I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    192.36.148.17
> E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    192.203.230.10
> D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    128.8.10.90
> J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     6D IN A         198.41.0.21
> K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     6D IN A         195.8.99.11
>
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