checking .us domain delegation

[Bill Larson]

Try looking up the name servers for "paxton.il.us" using either dig or
nslookup.  Just make sure you aren't querying your own servers that may
(should) already have the correct information.

A good name server for identifying the delegated name server for a
domain is one of the purpose top level name servers for the domain.
For the ".us" domain, this could be "ns.isi.edu".  If they don't have
the correct information, nobody else will either (except yourself).  By
definition, they HAVE to have the correct information.

For example:

	# nslookup -type=ns paxton.il.us ns.isi.edu
	Server:  darkstar.isi.edu
	Address:  128.9.128.127
	
	Non-authoritative answer:
	paxton.il.us	nameserver = ns2.illicom.NET
	paxton.il.us	nameserver = ns1.illicom.NET
	
	Authoritative answers can be found from:
	ns2.illicom.NET	internet address = 63.146.46.2
	ns1.illicom.NET	internet address = 63.146.45.2
or

	# dig @ns.isi.edu paxton.il.us ns
	; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns.isi.edu paxton.il.us ns 
	; (1 server found)
	;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
	;; got answer:
	;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
	;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
	;; QUERY SECTION:
	;;	paxton.il.us, type = NS, class = IN
	
	;; ANSWER SECTION:
	paxton.il.us.		1W IN NS	ns1.illicom.NET.
	paxton.il.us.		1W IN NS	ns2.illicom.NET.
	
	;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
	ns1.illicom.NET.	1d23h58m58s IN A  63.146.45.2
	ns2.illicom.NET.	1d23h58m58s IN A  63.146.46.2
	
	;; Total query time: 119 msec
	;; FROM: llama to SERVER: ns.isi.edu  128.9.128.127
	;; WHEN: Mon Jan 29 09:42:13 2001
	;; MSG SIZE  sent: 30  rcvd: 109

So, it looks like you are ok!  The "paxton.is.us" domain has been 
delegated to "ns1.illicom.net" and "ns2.illicom.net".

I would never trust any whois results for this information.  At best
they are a second hand source for this information.  Since you want
DNS information, simply query DNS to obtain it.

Bill Larson

> The US domain registry apparently approved the delegation of paxton.il.us to
> our nameservers... ns1.illicom.net and ns2.illicom.net but I am not sure how
> to verifty this.
> If I do a whois using whois.geektools.com server, the delegation does NOT
> look like it took place..
> 
> What is the best way to verify this...?  Can I use dig or nslookup to check
> .us domains?