the GOV top-level domain

Mathias Koerber mathias at staff.singnet.com.sg
Mon Sep 21 23:40:05 UTC 1998


You're right, I'm seeing the same from here:

$ dig @a.root-servers.net gov. any

; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @a.root-servers.net gov. any
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      gov, type = ANY, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.                       1D IN SOA       A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. (
                                        1998092000      ; serial
                                        30M             ; refresh
                                        15M             ; retry
                                        1W              ; expiry
                                        1D )            ; minimum


;; Total query time: 603 msec
;; FROM: matjes to SERVER: a.root-servers.net  198.41.0.4
;; WHEN: Tue Sep 22 07:39:13 1998
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 21  rcvd: 94

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Donelan <SEAN at SDG.DRA.COM>
To: nanog at merit.edu <nanog at merit.edu>
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 7:36 AM
Subject: the GOV top-level domain


|Is it just me, or are other people having trouble with the GOV
|domain today.
|
|The a.root-server.net doesn't seem to be returning the NS records
|for the GOV domain.  I'm not a 'dig' expert, so what am I doing
|wrong?
|
|Here is a normal DIG response for the COM top-level domain
|
|# dig @198.41.0.4 com. ns
|; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @198.41.0.4 com. ns
|; (1 server found)
|;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
|;; got answer:
|;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
|;; flags: qr aa rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 11, Auth: 0, Addit: 11
|;; QUESTIONS:
|;; com, type = NS, class = IN
|
|;; ANSWERS:
|com. 518400 NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
|com. 518400 NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
|com. 518400 NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
|com. 518400 NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
|com. 518400 NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
|com. 518400 NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
|com. 518400 NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
|com. 518400 NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
|com. 518400 NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
|com. 518400 NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
|com. 518400 NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
|
|;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
|C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.33.4.12
|D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.8.10.90
|E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.203.230.10
|I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.36.148.17
|F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.5.5.241
|G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.112.36.4
|J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 518400 A 198.41.0.21
|K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 518400 A 195.8.99.11
|A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.41.0.4
|H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.63.2.53
|B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.9.0.107
|
|;; Total query time: 261 msec
|;; FROM: drgate.dra.com to SERVER: 198.41.0.4
|;; WHEN: Mon Sep 21 18:19:02 1998
|;; MSG SIZE  sent: 21  rcvd: 402
|
|
|Here is a DIG response for the GOV top-level domain, notice
|it just returns an SOA record for the a.root-servers.net, no
|NS records.
|
|
|# dig @198.41.0.4 gov. ns
|; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @198.41.0.4 gov. ns
|; (1 server found)
|;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
|;; got answer:
|;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10
|;; flags: qr aa rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 0
|;; QUESTIONS:
|;; gov, type = NS, class = IN
|
|;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
|. 86400 SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. (
| 1998092000 ; serial
| 1800 ; refresh (30 mins)
| 900 ; retry (15 mins)
| 604800 ; expire (7 days)
| 86400 ) ; minimum (1 day)
|
|;; Total query time: 269 msec
|;; FROM: drgate.dra.com to SERVER: 198.41.0.4
|;; WHEN: Mon Sep 21 18:18:50 1998
|;; MSG SIZE  sent: 21  rcvd: 94
|
|
|
|Here is a DIG response for a non-existant top-level domain,
|same type of response as for the GOV domain.
|
|# dig @198.41.0.4 kasdgkasdgk. ns
|; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @198.41.0.4 kasdgkasdgk. ns
|; (1 server found)
|;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
|;; got answer:
|;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10
|;; flags: qr aa rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 0
|;; QUESTIONS:
|;; kasdgkasdgk, type = NS, class = IN
|
|;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
|. 86400 SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. (
| 1998092000 ; serial
| 1800 ; refresh (30 mins)
| 900 ; retry (15 mins)
| 604800 ; expire (7 days)
| 86400 ) ; minimum (1 day)
|
|;; Total query time: 273 msec
|;; FROM: drgate.dra.com to SERVER: 198.41.0.4
|;; WHEN: Mon Sep 21 18:23:23 1998
|;; MSG SIZE  sent: 29  rcvd: 102
|
|
|--
|Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
|  Affiliation given for identification not representation
|




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