another question about the glue

2011-07-01 Thread PANG J.
h.gtld-servers.net is one of the net domain's NS servers. As the info below: $ dig mydots.net @h.gtld-servers.net ; DiG 9.4.2-P2.1 mydots.net @h.gtld-servers.net ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; -HEADER- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 57902 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1,

Re: another question about the glue

2011-07-01 Thread Emanuele Balla (aka Skull)
On 7/1/11 9:31 PM, PANG J. wrote: Why the net zone has the glue for the servers which are in the com zone? skull@mithrandir:~$ dig ns com +short | sort a.gtld-servers.net. b.gtld-servers.net. c.gtld-servers.net. d.gtld-servers.net. e.gtld-servers.net. f.gtld-servers.net. g.gtld-servers.net.

Re: another question about the glue

2011-07-01 Thread Jon F.
Those aren't glue records for a .com zone. Those glue records are for mydots.net, the NS' just so happen to be residing in the .com zone. The name servers don't have to be in the same zones as the actual domain name. On a side note, the gtld's cover .com as well. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 2:31 PM,

Re: another question about the glue

2011-07-01 Thread PANG J.
that's meaningless. net and com are different zones, though they are located in the same servers. 于 2011-7-2 3:48, Emanuele Balla (aka Skull) 写道: On 7/1/11 9:31 PM, PANG J. wrote: Why the net zone has the glue for the servers which are in the com zone? skull@mithrandir:~$ dig ns com

Re: another question about the glue

2011-07-01 Thread Casey Deccio
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:31 PM, PANG J. pa...@xuite.net wrote: http://h.gtld-servers.netWhy the net zone has the glue for the servers which are in the com zone? Glue refers to address records for name servers of delegated child zones, when the names of those servers are subdomains of the

Re: another question about the glue

2011-07-01 Thread PANG J.
于 2011-7-2 5:47, Casey Deccio 写道: However, records in the additional section don't always correspond to glue records contained in the delegating zone. Servers may also return records from other sources in their additional section, such as from other zones for which they are authoritative. Such