strange nslookup replies

[Jangalwa, Raj]

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