.mil domain root only hosted by one server??

Wed Aug 21 20:12:28 UTC 2002

In short: you asked the wrong question.

Once upon a time, Vinny Abello <vinny at tellurian.com> said:
> These are the results I got when I queried A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET:
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @a.root-servers.net mil.
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41
> ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;mil.                           IN      A

You asked for A records.  Since a.root-servers.net does not have any A
records, and since it isn't a recursive server, it just gave you the SOA
for mil.

If you ask for NS records (like "dig @a.root-servers.net mil. ns"),
you'll see a different picture.

-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.