Re: what the hell..?

; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> dig @ns.xs4all.nl saturncorp.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 13

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;dig. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.. 59238 IN NS a.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS h.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS c.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS g.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS f.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS b.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS j.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS k.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS l.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS m.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS i.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS e.root-servers.net.
.. 59238 IN NS d.root-servers.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
a.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 198.41.0.4
h.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 128.63.2.53
c.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 192.33.4.12
g.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 192.112.36.4
f.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 192.5.5.241
b.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 192.228.79.201
j.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 192.58.128.30
k.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 193.0.14.129
l.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 198.32.64.12
m.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 202.12.27.33
i.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 192.36.148.17
e.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 192.203.230.10
d.root-servers.net. 145638 IN A 128.8.10.90

;; Query time: 187 msec
;; SERVER: 194.109.6.67#53(ns.xs4all.nl)
;; WHEN: Thu Dec 16 09:44:07 2004
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 440

;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 18467
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;saturncorp.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
saturncorp.com. 43200 IN A 12.23.213.10

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
saturncorp.com. 43200 IN NS ns.saturncorp.com.

;; Query time: 234 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Thu Dec 16 09:44:07 2004
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 65

Kevin Darcy wrote:

>D McDonald wrote:
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>>Could sometype this into their shell for me..
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>>dig @ns.xs4all.nl saturncorp.com
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>>Ok, theres no answer, but how on earth did root-servers.com get in auth list? I understand that att
>>still think they are our soa...
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>ns.xs4all.nl doesn't support recursion (not to my client, and presumably
>not to yours either), and presumably doesn't have any relevant
>information cached. So it's giving you a referral to the root zone.
>There's nothing incorrect about that. If you want recursive service, you
>should be asking a nameserver that provides it to you.
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>- Kevin
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