Is it just me, or are other people having trouble with the GOV
domain today.
The a.root-server.net doesn't seem to be returning the NS records
for the GOV domain. I'm not a 'dig' expert, so what am I doing
wrong?
Here is a normal DIG response for the COM top-level domain
# dig @198.41.0.4 com. ns
; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @198.41.0.4 com. ns
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
;; flags: qr aa rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 11, Auth: 0, Addit: 11
;; QUESTIONS:
;; com, type = NS, class = IN
;; ANSWERS:
com. 518400 NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com. 518400 NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com. 518400 NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com. 518400 NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com. 518400 NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com. 518400 NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com. 518400 NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 518400 NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 518400 NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com. 518400 NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
com. 518400 NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.33.4.12
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.8.10.90
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.203.230.10
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.36.148.17
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.5.5.241
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.112.36.4
J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 518400 A 198.41.0.21
K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 518400 A 195.8.99.11
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.41.0.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.63.2.53
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.9.0.107
;; Total query time: 261 msec
;; FROM: drgate.dra.com to SERVER: 198.41.0.4
;; WHEN: Mon Sep 21 18:19:02 1998
;; MSG SIZE sent: 21 rcvd: 402
Here is a DIG response for the GOV top-level domain, notice
it just returns an SOA record for the a.root-servers.net, no
NS records.
# dig @198.41.0.4 gov. ns
; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @198.41.0.4 gov. ns
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10
;; flags: qr aa rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 0
;; QUESTIONS:
;; gov, type = NS, class = IN
;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
. 86400 SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. (
1998092000 ; serial
1800 ; refresh (30 mins)
900 ; retry (15 mins)
604800 ; expire (7 days)
86400 ) ; minimum (1 day)
;; Total query time: 269 msec
;; FROM: drgate.dra.com to SERVER: 198.41.0.4
;; WHEN: Mon Sep 21 18:18:50 1998
;; MSG SIZE sent: 21 rcvd: 94
Here is a DIG response for a non-existant top-level domain,
same type of response as for the GOV domain.
# dig @198.41.0.4 kasdgkasdgk. ns
; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @198.41.0.4 kasdgkasdgk. ns
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10
;; flags: qr aa rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 0
;; QUESTIONS:
;; kasdgkasdgk, type = NS, class = IN
;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
. 86400 SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. (
1998092000 ; serial
1800 ; refresh (30 mins)
900 ; retry (15 mins)
604800 ; expire (7 days)
86400 ) ; minimum (1 day)
;; Total query time: 273 msec
;; FROM: drgate.dra.com to SERVER: 198.41.0.4
;; WHEN: Mon Sep 21 18:23:23 1998
;; MSG SIZE sent: 29 rcvd: 102