another ISP screwing with us again... any thing we can do?

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	Before I would do anything I would fix the delegation for
	ikth.com so that it matches the zone contents.  Not doing
	this will cause ikth.com customers problems.  Also doing
	this will make things less confusing for a Judge if things
	get that far.

	After that I suspect you need legal counsel given polite
	requests have failed.

	Mark

> Hello
> 
> Our competitor, net66.com, has been constantly screwing around with us by
> creating fake zone files in their name servers
> so that any of their customers trying to email or get to our domains that we
> control, can not.
> 
> What kind of action.. legal or not can I take?  Net66 is a PAIN in the butt
> to deal with and will not reverse the situation.
> They are doing it on purpose to piss us off..
> 
> 
> HERE IS SOME PROOF:
> 
> [dcox at power dcox]$ dig ikth.com
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> ikth.com
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> dig ww;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      ikth.com, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> ikth.com.               12H IN A        209.35.164.224
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> ikth.com.               12H IN NS       dns1.interland.net.
> ikth.com.               12H IN NS       dns2.interland.net.
> ikth.com.               12H IN NS       dns3.interland.net.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> dns1.interland.net.     4H IN A         208.233.88.10
> dns2.interland.net.     4H IN A         208.233.88.15
> dns3.interland.net.     4H IN A         208.233.88.20
> 
> ;; Total query time: 3998 msec
> ;; FROM: power.illicom.net to SERVER: default -- 12.15.125.5
> ;; WHEN: Thu Mar  9 09:30:52 2000
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 26  rcvd: 160
> 
> 
> [dcox at power dcox]$ nslookup
> Default Server:  dial-12-15-125-5.illicom.net
> Address:  12.15.125.5
> 
> > server 12.15.125.5
> Default Server:  dial-12-15-125-5.illicom.net
> Address:  12.15.125.5
> 
> > www.ikth.com
> Server:  dial-12-15-125-5.illicom.net
> Address:  12.15.125.5
> 
> Name:    www.ikth.com
> Address:  209.35.164.224
> 
> > set type=mx
> > ikth.com
> Server:  dial-12-15-125-5.illicom.net
> Address:  12.15.125.5
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> ikth.com        preference = 5, mail exchanger = mail.ikth.com
> 
> Authoritative answers can be found from:
> ikth.com        nameserver = dns1.interland.net
> ikth.com        nameserver = dns2.interland.net
> ikth.com        nameserver = dns3.interland.net
> mail.ikth.com   internet address = 209.35.135.190
> dns1.interland.net      internet address = 208.233.88.10
> dns2.interland.net      internet address = 208.233.88.15
> dns3.interland.net      internet address = 208.233.88.20
> >
> 
> 
> WHAT THEY ARE DOING...
> 
> [dcox at power dcox]$ nslookup
> Default Server:  dial-12-15-125-5.illicom.net
> Address:  12.15.125.5
> 
> > server kingman.net66.com
> Default Server:  kingman.net66.com
> Address:  206.139.80.68
> 
> > www.ikth.com
> Server:  kingman.net66.com
> Address:  206.139.80.68
> 
> Name:    ikth.com
> Address:  206.139.82.159
> Aliases:  www.ikth.com
> 
> > set type=mx
> > ikth.com
> Server:  kingman.net66.com
> Address:  206.139.80.68
> 
> ikth.com        preference = 5, mail exchanger = winslow.net66.com
> ikth.com        preference = 10, mail exchanger = kingman.net66.com
> ikth.com        nameserver = winslow.net66.com
> ikth.com        nameserver = kingman.net66.com
> winslow.net66.com       internet address = 63.250.64.65
> kingman.net66.com       internet address = 206.139.80.68
> >
> 
> 
> What can I do?
> 
> Duane Cox
> dcox at coxnetwork.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc. / Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
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