gtld-servers returning multiple A records for a NS?

Thu Apr 4 11:43:17 UTC 2002


	long before there were specific gtld-servers. I first
	saw this type of response in 1987. (I was not looking
	before then... :)
 
> 
> 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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