Root servers screwed (fwd)

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 08:03:26PM -0400, Dave Wreski wrote:
> > That is the proper response.  b.root-servers.net is NOT authoritative
> > for the COM zone, and it does not do recursive queries.
> > 
> > The servers authoritative for COM are:
> 
> Shouldn't "dig @" produce a list of the authoritative servers?  Since it
> only appears to report the root-servers.net hosts, how can I generate the
> authoritative list?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave

"Say What You Mean" is the Whole of the Law.  If you want the name
servers for "com", then ask for them!  This is no arcane incantation.
;-)

$ dig ns com

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> ns com 
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 12, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 12
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	com, type = NS, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.			23h5m19s IN NS	C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.	3d21h36m20s IN A  216.33.75.82
M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.	5h17m20s IN A	210.176.152.18
A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.	1d4h46m42s IN A  198.41.3.38
K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.	3d21h36m20s IN A  195.8.99.11
J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.	3d21h36m20s IN A  198.41.0.21
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.	4d20h50m41s IN A  192.203.230.10
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.	4d20h50m41s IN A  192.5.5.241
F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.	1d4h46m42s IN A  198.17.208.67
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.	4d20h50m41s IN A  192.112.36.4
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.	4d20h50m41s IN A  198.41.0.4
I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.	3d21h36m20s IN A  192.36.144.253
C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.	3d21h36m20s IN A  205.188.185.18

;; Total query time: 16 msec
;; FROM: ...
;; WHEN: Thu Jul  6 12:12:33 2000
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 21  rcvd: 434

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Joe Yao				jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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