Wolf wolf (was: Re: OT: Fwd: The Root has got an A record)

[Ketil Froyn]

Peter Dambier wrote:
> See with your own eyes:
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any . @a.public-root.net
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 18588
> ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 15, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;.                              IN      ANY
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> .                       172800  IN      SOA     a.public-root.net. hostmaster.public-root.net.\
>                                                  2005101006 43200 3600 1209600 14400
> .                       172800  IN      A       57.67.193.188
> .                       172800  IN      NS      k.public-root.net.
> .                       ...
> .                       172800  IN      NS      j.public-root.net.
> 
> ;; Query time: 81 msec
> ;; SERVER: 205.189.71.2#53(a.public-root.net)
> ;; WHEN: Mon Oct 10 16:01:11 2005

Great reason not to use the public-root.net servers, isn't it?

_THE_ root-servers don't have an A-record. _A_ root-server does, but 
it's an unofficial one. You should have made it clearer that this is on 
an alternate root.

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> -t a . @a.root-servers.net
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2087
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;.                              IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.                       86400   IN      SOA     A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 
NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. 2005100901 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 129 msec
;; SERVER: 198.41.0.4#53(a.root-servers.net)
;; WHEN: Mon Oct 10 17:28:10 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 92

Ketil


> -------- Original Message --------
> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:10:36 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Joe Baptista <baptista at cynikal.net>
> To: pr-plan at lair.lionpost.net
> Subject: [Pr-plan] BAD NEWS Re: IASON Root Domain Observatory (fwd)
> 
> 
> Folks - got some bad news.  The Public-Root has aquired an A record - yup
> thats right - an A record.  Which see below.  Have tried to contact Paul
> Scheepers - our absent minded root operator - who now hovers very close to
> criminal conspiracy - to get him to fix this mistake.  Noone is at home at
> the inn.  Not good.  See appened message to Peter Dambier and our
> public-root associates.
> 
> I have no idea how a root will respond with an A record in it.  Should be
> interesting - but have no doubt a few things out in the wild have been
> broken.
> 
> regards
> joe
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:03:04 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Joe Baptista <baptista at cynikal.net>
> To: Peter Dambier <peter at echnaton.serveftp.com>
> Cc: martijnburger at dataweb.nl, cytrax at cyberbunker.com,
>       marty.vanveluw at nbaserv.com
> Subject: Re: IASON Root Domain Observatory
> 
> 
> Report this to NANOG and the IETF.  Make sure you send them a copy of my
> response and the headers of this message.  I am holding UNIDT personally
> responsible for this technical nightmare.
> 
> regards
> joe
> 
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Peter Dambier wrote:
> 
> 
>>Kewl, '.' has got an A record :)
>>
>>; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> @a.public-root.net . axfr
>>;; global options:  printcmd
>>.                       172800  IN      SOA     a.public-root.net. hostmaster.public-root.net. 2005100906 43200 3600 1209600 14400
>>.                       172800  IN      A       57.67.193.188
>>.                       172800  IN      NS      a.public-root.net.
> 
> 
> Joe Baptista, Official Public-Root Representative and Lobbyist to the
> United States Congress and Senate / Tel: +1 (202) 517-1593
> 
> Public-Root Disclosure Documents: http://www.cynikal.net/~baptista/P-R/
> Public-Root Discussion Forum: http://lair.lionpost.net/mailman/listinfo/pr-plan
> 
> 
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