Odd Root Server Issue?

[Cricket Liu]

> thanks for the reply, but I'm still missing something.  Are you suggesting
> that somebody has listed mail.northroute.net as a nameserver and 
> that it is returned non-auth because it is glue?

Yes.  Why not just look it up?

$ whois mail.northroute.net

Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

   Server Name: MAIL.NORTHROUTE.NET
   IP Address: 207.210.113.4
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
   Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com

cricket

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