Everybody Resolves this Domain but Us.

[James Griffin]

Simon Waters wrote:
> 
> Martin McCormick wrote:
> >
> >         I am blue in the face.  What else can I try?
> 
> accxx123.com
> 
> Asking for it's nameserver gives.
> 
> $ dig @216.98.135.124 accxx123.com ns +norec +short
> brit.
> 
> There is no top level domain "brit." let alone a nameserver, so
> the domain is broken.
> 
> Probably they meant brit.accxx123.com or some such, but that
> isn't what got written to the zone file.
> 

Simon is spot-on.  Here is the axfr for accxx123.com with notes.

$ dig   @soham.clikaroo.net. accxx123.com. axfr

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @soham.clikaroo.net. accxx123.com. axfr
;; global options:  printcmd
accxx123.com.           3600    IN      SOA     brit. admin. 6 900 600
86400 3600
---------  Note the ending '.' here ----------------^ and  ^
accxx123.com.           3600    IN      A       216.98.135.124
accxx123.com.           3600    IN      NS      brit.
---------  as well as here -------------------------^ but
---------  where is the A RR for brit.<whatever>?
accxx123.com.           3600    IN      MX      10 email.accxx123.com.
email.accxx123.com.     3600    IN      A       216.98.135.124
ftp.accxx123.com.       3600    IN      A       216.98.135.124
www.accxx123.com.       3600    IN      A       216.98.135.124
accxx123.com.           3600    IN      SOA     brit. admin. 6 900 600
86400 3600
;; Query time: 296 msec
;; SERVER: 216.98.135.124#53(soham.clikaroo.net.)
;; WHEN: Sat Jul 20 08:46:17 2002
;; XFR size: 9 records

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