gtld-servers.net question

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> If a domain resolves at a.gtld-servers.net, providing both an IP number 
> and an authority section, is it true that it should resolve at any ISP's 
> name servers? I know that some people run nonrecursive nameservers, but 
> wouldn't an ISP's name server have to run recursive nameservers?

	ISP often run both authoritative and caching servers.
 
> I ask this because some (perhaps all) of my domains do not resolve on 
> most of Speakeasy's nameservers, but I've spot-checked some of my 
> domains (including the one that is the SOA for all of them) at 
> a.gtld-servers.net and they all resolve correctly. Should I therefore 
> infer that there's something screwed up at Speakeasy?
> 

	No.  Having the right glue in the gtld servers is just one thing
	in making sure a zone is being served correctly.  There are lots
	of other possible errors.

	Mark
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