gtld-servers returning multiple A records for a NS?

Thu Apr 4 05:50:39 UTC 2002

When did this start?

> dig uunet.com @a.gtld-servers.net

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> uunet.com @a.gtld-servers.net 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 4
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      uunet.com, type = A, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
uunet.com.              2D IN NS        NS.UU.NET.
uunet.com.              2D IN NS        UUCP-GW-1.PA.DEC.com.
uunet.com.              2D IN NS        UUCP-GW-2.PA.DEC.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
NS.UU.NET.              2D IN A         137.39.1.3
UUCP-GW-1.PA.DEC.com.   2D IN A         16.1.0.18
UUCP-GW-1.PA.DEC.com.   2D IN A         204.123.2.18
UUCP-GW-2.PA.DEC.com.   2D IN A         16.1.0.19

Regards,
Matt
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