-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Guntner wrote on Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:29:30PM -0800 : > > > So there are two name servers listed as authoritative for that domain. > > But if you query them, both respond with "." domain entries, which are > > the root dns entries. Since the servers which are listed as being > > authoritative are really not authoritative, they're called "lame > > servers." > So out of curiosity, how does the name eventually get resolved in these > cases? Obviously, someone is finally deciding to report an IP address, or > I wouldn't be doing a lot of web browsing and so on.... :-)
The one that I posted, none. That name doesn't resolve at all if you ask the servers that DNS wants you to. Most lame servers nowadays have to do with reverse dns not working properly, but sometimes forward DNS lookups get all fubar'd as well. Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Security is like an onion. It's made | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | made up of several layers and makes | | http://www.mandrakelinux.com | you cry. --Howard Chu | Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-1mdk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE97/ZSlp7v05cW2woRAm0bAKCeATjFZ3mSfvOGF3dibe53sG03vwCfciji CQs1ehZ4y8MiHE6djM0Y4mY= =F0rg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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