.uk glue / authoritative name server error?

[Simon Waters]

u n d e r a c h i e v e r wrote:
> 
> $ dig @ns.uu.net test.co.uk | grep NS
> ;; QUESTIONS:
> co.uk.  14400   NS      ns1.nic.uk.
> co.uk.  14400   NS      sec-nom.dns.uk.psi.net.
> co.uk.  14400   NS      ns-nom.pipex.net.
> 
> eh??
> 
> that's refering us back to the three other name servers.

It behaves as expected.

> suggesting that the co.uk glue record is wrong or the ns.uu.net server is
> misconfigured. Or am I missing something here?

ns.uu.net is not a server for "co.uk", it serves "uk."

So you asked it about something it doesn't know about, and it
pointed you in the direction of servers that are closer to the
answer you seek.

There are sometimes transient problems with the UK domain and
it's second level domains, but I routinely check the most
important of them through monitoring delegation of domains
important to me, and hassle the authorities to sort them out.

Any major problems like you suggested and it would be in my
inbox by 9 oclock the next morning. Of course they ought to
monitor their own delegations, but that is another story.