Urrr... A-root server foul ?

Wed Aug 26 19:21:38 UTC 1998

Is anyone else seeing this ? really *cool* udp trick, 
or is bcast space now DNS capable ? What am I missing ?

Server:  ns2.mci.net
Address:  204.70.57.242

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
Address:  198.41.0.4

And a ping yields ?

64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=16 ttl=250 time=59 ms
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=16 ttl=249 time=76 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=16 ttl=250 time=77 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=17 ttl=250 time=57 ms
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=17 ttl=250 time=64 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=17 ttl=249 time=73 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=18 ttl=250 time=71 ms
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=19 ttl=250 time=53 ms
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=19 ttl=249 time=57 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=19 ttl=249 time=73 ms (DUP!)