enforced delegation-only problem

[Mark Andrews]

> Sorry if this is a trivial question but I'm kind of stumped for an answer.
> 
> We're an ISP in Chicago and run a couple nameservers (version 9.2.3) for the
> customers to use.
> 
> One person was having a problem with www.findadeath.com not being able to
> resolve, doing a dig +trace on it, the bottom line was:
> 
> ;; Received 508 bytes from 192.5.5.241#53(f.root-servers.net) in 130 ms
> 
> findadeath.com.         172800  IN      NS      ns1.the-nextlevel.net.
> findadeath.com.         172800  IN      NS      ns2.the-nextlevel.net.
> ;; Received 121 bytes from 192.54.112.30#53(H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET) in 198 ms
> 
> dig: Couldn't find server 'ns1.the-nextlevel.net': host/servname not known
> 
> Using dig again on both ns's did return the 67.19.121.91 and .92 A records.
> 
> Going through the named logs for a clue, this came up everytime (the ip is
> address is differrent depending on which root was hit)...
> 
> Mar  9 14:49:54 e4500 named[198]: [ID 873579 news.notice] enforced
> delegation-only for 'net' (ns1.the-nextlevel.net/A/IN) from 192.43.172.30#53
> 
> Taking out the "enforced delegation-only" from our servers did fix it but
> does anyone know where the problem is, us, the-nextlevel.net or
> findadeath.com?
> 
> Strikes me odd going back about a month in the logs that they
> (the-nextlevel.net) are the only ".net" in there with the "enforced
> delegation-only" turned on.
> 
> -bruce
> bje at ripco.com

	The NS records have been pulled.  The zone is on its way
	out for some infraction.

   Domain Name: THE-NEXTLEVEL.NET
   Registrar: PRIMUS TELCO PTY LTD DBA PRIMUSDOMAIN/PLANETDOMAIN
   Whois Server: whois.planetdomain.com
   Referral URL: http://www.planetdomain.com
   Name Server: No nameserver
   Status: ACTIVE
   Updated Date: 19-oct-2005
   Creation Date: 19-sep-2002
   Expiration Date: 19-sep-2006

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