Quoth WebWiz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of JB Segal >> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:39 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> (I could have sworn I sent this out on 2/7, but it doesn't seem to have >> gotten through, nor do I recall a bounce on it...if it did, I'm sorry >> for the duplication...) >> >> Does anyone have a nice, detailed authoritative FAQ - with citation, >> prefereably (and I supposed "I work for the Tucows OSRS Registry" is >> probably going to be authoritative enough for the folks I have to give >> this to - about what data is in Whois, where it comes from and how it >> really isn't authoritative, as pertains to NS addresses? >> >> I have customers who are using NS' on domains registered with one >> registry for their domains, registered (someplace else, soon with me), >> where the Whois data got out of sync when their NS Provider renumbered. >> I have to try to convince them that this isn't a tragic flaw and that >> they're not going off the air (even though they haven't already) soon >> because of it. >> >> Thanks very much, >> JB >> > > :) > > I can't provide you with any authoritative FAQ, but I know > what you're referring to. > > If I look up one of my domains that used to be with NetSol, > it shows *OLD* IP addresses for my name servers. > > e.g., > > NS.ATLCON.NET 207.159.82.2 > > In fact, it's > > NS.ATLCON.NET 65.82.159.6 > > This changed a couple of years ago after the domain had > already been transferred from NetSol to TUCOWS. > > The problem is that NetSol doesn't recognize that the > name servers are no longer managed in their database, and > they never re-resolve to get the proper IP addresses. > > As I understand it, the registry stores the nameserver > *NAME*, not the address, as the authoritative entry, and > these are resolved on the fly by the DNS resolver. > > So as long as the nameserver NAMES that are shown in the > WHOIS are correct, then everything will work just fine. > > Regards, > Eric Longman > Atl-Connect Internet Services
Yup. That's exactly the situation. However, as much as you and I know it, my customer demands a better answer than NSI sucks....of course that's all the answer there is... Up until a couple of weeks ago I would have gone 'Chuck! Help me!' but I don't know who to appeal to now. :) Failing that, I'll just up your creds to make it look better... JB
