Problems with Root Nameserver

Doug Barton DougB at DougBarton.net
Mon Dec 9 17:14:22 UTC 2002


On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Markus Grundmann/ORSN wrote:

>
> > >i already downloaded a new root.hint, but this file doenst contain these
> > >servers, i dont really know what to do
>
> You can get the newest root hint (without any download) with:
>
>     dig ns . @217.146.128.77 > root.hint


host 217.146.128.77
77.128.146.217.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer A.ORSN-SERVERS.NET

Please don't try to mislead people into installing something other than
the official, ICANN-approved root hints file. If you want to advocate for
alternate roots, that's your right, but this isn't the forum for that.

Doug

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