strange nslookup replies
Kapil Sethi
kapil.sethi at fluxart.com
Wed Jun 14 04:33:38 UTC 2000
"Jangalwa, Raj" wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am kinda confused here, with the way nslookup and whois database are
> showing me the results. I am sure some gurus can help me out in figuring out
> whats going on.
>
> When I do a whois on my domain "nick.com", this is what it shows
>
> # whois -h www.networksolutions.com nick.com
> Domain servers in listed order:
>
> NS1.VISNETOPS.COM 166.77.12.11
> AUTH02.NS.UU.NET 198.6.1.82
> MADISON.VISLAB.COM 166.77.18.11
> FIRE-NYC.VIACOM.COM 166.77.235.211
>
> This shows that ns1.visnetops.com is the primary server for the domain.
>
> But on the other hand, when I use one of the root servers and do a nslookup
> query on it, this is what i get
>
> # nslookup
>
> > set type=SOA
> > server A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> Default Server: A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> Address: 198.41.0.4
>
> > www.nick.com
> Server: A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> Address: 198.41.0.4
>
> Authoritative answers can be found from:
> NICK.COM nameserver = AUTH02.NS.UU.NET
> NICK.COM nameserver = MADISON.VISLAB.COM
> NICK.COM nameserver = NS1.VISNETOPS.COM
> NICK.COM nameserver = FIRE-NYC.VIACOM.COM
> AUTH02.NS.UU.NET internet address = 198.6.1.82
> MADISON.VISLAB.COM internet address = 166.77.18.11
> NS1.VISNETOPS.COM internet address = 166.77.12.11
> FIRE-NYC.VIACOM.COM internet address = 166.77.235.211
>
> This is what I get????
>
> Why is there difference in the order??? Any reason.
>
> Thanx and will summarize
> -Raj
to my knowledge either the SOA record is missing.
--
Kapil Sethi
System Administrator
Fluxart Online Solutions P. Ltd.
http://www.fluxart.com
T +91 11 5501206
kapil.sethi at fluxart.com
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