Looks like alot of weirdness in the roots today - not only is the root SOA
broken - I assume NSI is responsible - and this is an internet first - a
misconfigured soa for the United States Government roots - maybe I'm in
error here and SOA can be displayed - if I am please advise - but this
root SOA breaks the rules and could result in error.
Also - I did a whois on the roots .. and got two different results. First
it told me the root whois server was run by the german telephone
company. I did another whois and got the correct results.
Domain Name: ROOT-SERVERS.NET
Registrar: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
Whois Server: whois.t-registrar.de
Referral URL: www.t-registrar.de
Name Server: RUBY.AR51.NET
Name Server: NS.RIPE.NET
Name Server: RS0.INTERNIC.NET
Name Server: NS-EXT.VIX.COM
Updated Date: 03-jul-2000
>>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 28 Jul 00 03:18:25 EDT <<<
when I attempted to look up the roots via the german telephone company
whois at whois.t-registrar.de - it didn't work. Host not found - which
see
;; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> whois.t-registrar.de
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; whois.t-registrar.de, type = A, class = IN
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
t-registrar.de. 2h59m37s IN SOA pns.dtag.de. dnsadmin.nic.dtag.de. (
I did another whois and got the correct results from nsi - think things
are buggey with the whois.
Domain Name: ROOT-SERVERS.NET
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS.ISI.EDU
Name Server: NS.RIPE.NET
Name Server: RS0.INTERNIC.NET
Name Server: NS-EXT.VIX.COM
Updated Date: 03-jul-2000
>>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 28 Jul 00 03:18:25 EDT <<<
The .com zone is also broken - it SOA is even worst - complete
misconfiguration
com. 1D IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. zone\@nsiregistry.net.com. (
if we are to believe this soa - email is to be forwarded to the following
company
Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NET-DOM1)
6500 Paseo Padre Parkway
Fremont, CA 94555
US
Domain Name: NET.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact, Billing
Contact:
NET hostmaster (NH43-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.
6500 Paseo Padre Parkway
Fremont, CA 94555
US
510-574-3116
Fax- 510-574-4005
who are these people.
regards
Joe Baptista
http://www.dot.god/
dot.GOD Hostmaster
+1 (805) 753-8697
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
>
> OK - so who's the fuck up who changed the SOA values on the root servers
> and fucked it up.
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> . 1D IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. zone\@nsiregistry.NET. (
>
> This is not the way to write an SOA - the email address is not writen as
> zone\@nsiregistry.NET. but should be writen as zone.nsiregistry.NET.
>
> PLEASE FIX THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - like TODAY is to late.
>
> Joe Baptista
>
> http://www.dot.god/
> dot.GOD Hostmaster
> +1 (805) 753-8697
>
>
