please explain DIG output

Ronan Flood ronan at noc.ulcc.ac.uk
Wed Sep 29 20:40:40 UTC 2004


"Tommy M" <tomnospam at notboley.org> wrote:

> [root at lugh bin]# dig @NS53.WORLDNIC.COM  boley.org SOA

> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> boley.org.              7200    IN      SOA     NS53.WORLDNIC.COM. namehost.WORLDNIC.COM. 2004011404 10800 3600 604800 7200
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> boley.org.              7200    IN      NS      NS53.WORLDNIC.COM.
> boley.org.              7200    IN      NS      NS54.WORLDNIC.COM.


> Is this saying that NS53.WORLDNIC.COM is the SOA for boley.org? 

It is the primary (master) nameserver for it, yes.


> If it is and I want to run my own primary dns what do I have to do to
> reclaim the SOA for my domain. Or is that a bad idea for some reason.

Talking to namehost at worldnic.com would appear to be a good first move ...

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                      Ronan Flood <R.Flood at noc.ulcc.ac.uk>
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