Root name servers caching DNS entries???

[Ravi Nair]

What is the difference between authoritative answer
and non-authoritative answer???

--- Michael Ma <nospam.hotbeefjerky at yahoo.com> wrote:
> DNS gurus,
> 
> I just found something really weird on the root name
> servers.
> The root name server appears to be caching a
> non-authoritative answer for
> www.e-pair.com when it should be referring that
> query to the authoritative
> name servers.
> I thought the root name servers were configured not
> to answer recursive
> queries.
> Can anyone explain how this might have happened?
> 
> I wonder if this is related to a problem I started
> seeing when I upgraded to
> 8.2.3.   Before when I have a incorrect cache entry,
> I would kill named and
> restart it and that would clear out the incorrect
> entry.
> Ever since 8.2.3 that does not work anymore.
> 
> Does anyone have any insights on the www.e-pair.com
> entry on the root name
> servers or  how to clear the dns cache on BIND
> 8.2.3.?
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> > e-pair.com.
> Server:  k.gtld-servers.net
> Address:  213.177.194.5
> 
> Name:    e-pair.com
> Served by:
> - NS3.CONXION.NET
>           206.204.210.9
>           e-pair.com
> - NS4.CONXION.NET
>           206.204.235.3
>           e-pair.com
> - NS1.CONXION.NET
>           206.204.4.6
>           e-pair.com
> 
> 
> > www.e-pair.com.
> Server:  k.gtld-servers.net
> Address:  213.177.194.5
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:    www.e-pair.com
> Address:  206.204.35.19
> 
> > server ns1.conxion.net
> Default Server:  ns1.conxion.net
> Address:  206.204.4.6
> 
> > www.e-pair.com.
> Server:  ns1.conxion.net
> Address:  206.204.4.6
> 
> Name:    www.e-pair.com
> Address:  206.204.108.250
> 
> >
> 
> 
> 


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