root nameserver problems ?

Daniel R Ehrlich ehrlich at cse.psu.edu
Thu Jul 17 14:01:11 UTC 1997


Can I assume that the fact that www.microsoft.com no longer exists in the DNS
is a result of the (ongoing) root nameserver problems?  Things have been really
flaky since the INTERNIC/ALTERNIC flap the other day.

Thanks,
Dan Ehrlich

daneel:8> dig www.microsoft.com @e.root-server.net
 
; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> www.microsoft.com @e.root-server.net 
; Bad server: e.root-server.net -- using default server and timer opts
; (3 servers found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 0
;; QUESTIONS:
;;      www.microsoft.com, type = A, class = IN
 
;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
com.    577     SOA     A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. (
                        1997071700      ; serial
                        10800   ; refresh (3 hours)
                        900     ; retry (15 mins)
                        604800  ; expire (7 days)
                        86400 ) ; minimum (1 day)
 
;; Total query time: 3 msec
;; FROM: daneel to SERVER: default -- 130.203.1.10
;; WHEN: Thu Jul 17 09:53:23 1997
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 35  rcvd: 112






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