Detecting a non-existent domain

Tue Sep 23 23:42:44 UTC 2003

At 2:46 PM -0700 9/23/03, David Schwartz wrote:
>	He asked for the "optimal way" "to see if a given host truly 
>exists" and
>you told him how to confirm or deny the "existance of a domain". He asked
>about hosts, you answered about domains.

In fairness I was ambiguous.  Although Verisign ought to be 
describing all of these techniques.  But depending on the 
circumstances I primarily need to check for A records or MX and A 
records.
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responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.