Top 100 Nameservers (Serving the most Domains)

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From the June 7th Zone Files - Domains served by each nameserver... the Top

100:

  1. 23799 NS2.NAMESERVERS.NET
  2. 23232 NS.NAMESERVERS.NET
  3. 22137 NSX.NTX.NET
  4. 21897 NSB.NTX.NET
  5. 15053 NS2.FREEVIEW.COM
  6. 15053 NS1.FREEVIEW.COM
  7. 14953 NS2.BEST.COM
  8. 13751 NS.GEN.COM
  9. 13545 NS3.BEST.COM
10. 12812 NIC.GEN.COM
11. 12317 NS2.MCI.NET
12. 12293 NS1.SECURE.NET
13. 12241 NS2.SECURE.NET
14. 11055 NS.MCI.NET
15. 10385 NS.BEST.COM
16. 9969 NS3.MAILBANK.COM
17. 9969 NS4.MAILBANK.COM
18. 9965 NS1.NOC.NETCOM.NET
19. 9900 PRI2.DNS.PSI.NET
20. 9880 PRI1.DNS.PSI.NET
21. 9520 PRI3.DNS.PSI.NET
22. 9504 NS.DIGEX.NET
23. 9478 NS2.NETCOMI.COM
24. 8998 ZORK.TIAC.NET
25. 8832 SUNDOG.TIAC.NET
26. 7680 NIC.NEAR.NET
27. 7646 NS1.SPRINTLINK.NET
28. 7003 DAFFY.CADVISION.COM
29. 6883 HUEY.CADVISION.COM
30. 6844 NS1.PBI.NET
31. 6551 NS1.NETCOMI.COM
32. 6540 NS2.NOC.NETCOM.NET
33. 6525 DNS2.PRIMEHOST.COM
34. 6404 DNS1.PRIMEHOST.COM
35. 6179 NS1.BEST.COM
36. 6119 HEARSAY.MSPRING.NET
37. 6109 NS1.EARTHLINK.NET
38. 6082 NS3.EARTHLINK.NET
39. 6071 SPEAKEASY.MSPRING.NET
40. 5935 NS2.EARTHLINK.NET
41. 5900 NS4.EARTHLINK.NET
42. 5799 KNOCK.SER.BBNPLANET.NET
43. 5575 NS.DIGIWEB.COM
44. 5365 NS0.NS0.COM
45. 5257 NS2.DIGEX.NET
46. 4690 AUTH02.NS.UU.NET
47. 4649 NS2.DIGIWEB.COM
48. 4600 AUTH03.NS.UU.NET
49. 4597 NS.CLEVER.NET
50. 4582 NS2.PSI.NET
51. 4551 NS2.CLEVER.NET
52. 4512 NS1.WEBCREATIONS.COM
53. 4468 NS2.WEBCREATIONS.COM
54. 4348 NS1.WESTNET.NET
55. 4320 AUTH51.NS.UU.NET
56. 3965 GRAPEVINE.MSPRING.NET
57. 3948 GOSSIP.MSPRING.NET
58. 3942 NS.PSI.NET
59. 3925 NS2.REQUEST.NET
60. 3905 NS1.REQUEST.NET
61. 3890 NS0.DEMON.CO.UK
62. 3882 NIC3.BARRNET.NET
63. 3861 NS2.WEBCOM.COM
64. 3843 NS.IDT.NET
65. 3838 NS.WEBCOM.COM
66. 3827 NS4.EROLS.COM
67. 3794 NS3.EROLS.COM
68. 3675 NS1.OTTAWA.ISTAR.NET
69. 3659 NS2.VALUEWEB.NET
70. 3620 NS.VALUEWEB.NET
71. 3535 NS2.SPRINTLINK.NET
72. 3295 NS1.SOFTAWARE.COM
73. 3241 NS2.ANAWAVE.COM
74. 3225 NS1.ANAWAVE.COM
75. 3184 NS3.ANAWAVE.COM
76. 3150 NS.MR.NET
77. 3073 AUTH00.NS.UU.NET
78. 3053 NS3.NAMESERVERS.NET
79. 3000 WW2.COVESOFT.COM
80. 2923 NS3.NETCOMI.COM
81. 2916 NOC.CERF.NET
82. 2910 NS-1.CSN.NET
83. 2848 NS.UU.NET
84. 2835 DNS1.PRIMENET.NET
85. 2819 NS3.DIGIWEB.COM
86. 2758 NS2.NEWACCOUNT.COM
87. 2754 NS.NEWACCOUNT.COM
88. 2729 NWNEXUS.WA.COM
89. 2675 NS0.PIPEX.NET
90. 2661 DNS2.PRIMENET.NET
91. 2632 NS1.DEMON.CO.UK
92. 2632 NS2.DEMON.NET
93. 2600 NS3.SPRINTLINK.NET
94. 2580 DNS3.PRIMENET.NET
95. 2515 NIC1.INTERNEX.NET
96. 2503 WHITE.555-1212.COM
97. 2468 NS2.WEBSERVICES.NET
98. 2458 AUTH50.NS.UU.NET
99. 2414 DNS2.SIMPLENET.COM
100. 2410 NS1.NEW-YORK.NET
101. 2403 DNS1.SIMPLENET.COM
102. 2396 NS1.WEBSERVICES.NET
103. 2387 NS2.NEW-YORK.NET
104. 2355 NS0.BT.NET
105. 2348 NS1.HK.LINKAGE.NET
106. 2335 NS1.BARRNET.NET
107. 2280 NORTHSHORE.ECOSOFT.COM
108. 2262 NS2.AITCOM.NET
109. 2258 NWFOCUS.WA.COM
110. 2248 NS1.AITCOM.NET
111. 2203 NS2.HOMECOM.COM
112. 2201 NS2.HK.LINKAGE.NET
113. 2198 FOYER.HOMECOM.COM
114. 2196 NS1.INDIRECT.COM
115. 2171 NS.SCCSI.COM
116. 2143 NS2.INDIRECT.COM
117. 2137 NIC2.INTERNEX.NET
118. 2126 NS2.WEB2010.COM
119. 2107 AUTH2.NS.IDT.NET
120. 2105 NS3.NEW-YORK.NET
121. 2103 NS.WEB2010.COM
122. 2052 ARTEMIS.IBERNET.ES
123. 2039 BOLERO.RAHUL.NET
124. 2026 NS2.PROPAGATION.COM
125. 2017 SEC1.DNS.PSI.NET
126. 2015 NS.PROPAGATION.COM
127. 2015 NS2.SOFTAWARE.COM
128. 1985 NS.ONRAMP.NET
129. 1972 UUCP-GW-1.PA.DEC.COM
130. 1946 DNS1.UTELFLA.COM
131. 1925 MACU.MA.MT.NP.ELS-GMS.ATT.NET
132. 1921 NS1.PIPEX.NET
133. 1893 OHCU.OH.MT.NP.ELS-GMS.ATT.NET
134. 1881 NS1.ACCESSONE.COM
135. 1875 ORCU.OR.BR.NP.ELS-GMS.ATT.NET
136. 1869 NBN.NBN.COM
137. 1856 MNC.555-1212.COM
138. 1853 WYCU.WY.BR.NP.ELS-GMS.ATT.NET
139. 1843 AUTH01.NS.UU.NET
140. 1840 NS1.ROCKYMTN.NET
141. 1817 HUSTLE.RAHUL.NET
142. 1808 NS2.ROCKYMTN.NET
143. 1790 NS1.WCO.COM
144. 1765 NS3.SOFTAWARE.COM
145. 1752 NS1.AZLAN.NET
146. 1744 NS2.NW.COM
147. 1742 NOC.NEAR.NET
148. 1740 NS1.NW.COM
149. 1725 NS1.GLOBECOMM.NET
150. 1723 NS2.ONRAMP.NET
151. 1723 NS1.AIMNET.COM
152. 1720 NS2.GLOBECOMM.NET
153. 1701 NS2.WCO.COM
154. 1698 SPRUCE.CIC.NET
155. 1686 UUCP-GW-2.PA.DEC.COM
156. 1680 NS.HOLONET.NET
157. 1678 NS2.ADGRAFIX.COM
158. 1675 NS.CAIS.COM
159. 1666 NS3.ADGRAFIX.COM
160. 1661 NS1.ADGRAFIX.COM
161. 1654 HOMER.ALPHA.NET
162. 1647 NS2.ISC-BR.COM
163. 1646 ACE.GI.NET
164. 1643 NIS.ANS.NET
165. 1638 NS1.NAMESERVE.NET
166. 1636 NS2.NAMESERVE.NET
167. 1633 NS2.HOLONET.NET
168. 1632 WIZARD.PN.COM
169. 1627 NS2.MA.ULTRA.NET
170. 1626 SPARKYJR.SHORE.NET
171. 1623 NS1.MA.ULTRA.NET
172. 1621 NS1.BELLGLOBAL.COM
173. 1603 NS1.OAR.NET
174. 1603 NS2.ACCESSONE.COM
175. 1601 NS3.HOLONET.NET
176. 1596 NS4.SOFTAWARE.COM
177. 1575 NS1.IQUEST.NET
178. 1573 NS.ANS.NET
179. 1565 NS2.AIMNET.COM
180. 1549 DNS3.EE.NET
181. 1547 PHOENIX.AZC.COM
182. 1538 NS1.DELTANET.COM
183. 1535 NS1.AZC.COM
184. 1527 NS.IPRESENT.COM
185. 1507 NS2.AZLAN.NET
186. 1507 NS.UUNET.CA
187. 1505 NS2.FLASH.NET
188. 1499 NS1.FLASH.NET
189. 1492 DNS2.EE.NET
190. 1490 NS.STRUCTURED.NET
191. 1480 AUTH60.NS.UU.NET
192. 1477 NS2.SIRIUS.COM
193. 1477 NS2.NETCORPS.COM
194. 1476 NS0.DELTANET.COM
195. 1466 NS2.MEDIA3.NET
196. 1465 NS1.SIRIUS.COM
197. 1464 NS.MEDIA3.NET
198. 1455 MAIN.NETCORPS.COM
199. 1448 NS1.NI.NET
200. 1446 DNS2.DNAI.COM

I've always been curious how well bind runs with 10,000+ domains in it.
That's one big named.boot file.

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Hi,

nice report! It's not entirely clear what your data source is; I
guess it's the zone files for the domains currently under InterNIC's
administration, yes? To prevent anyone from taking this report and
relabel it as "The Internet's top 100 name servers (by domains
served)" (even in their own minds...), I just want to point out that
there exists other TLDs on the Internet than those maintained by the
InterNIC, and I know for a fact that some name servers in other
areas would be included in your list if you had analyzed the data.

Regards,

- H�vard

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It's not entirely clear what your data source is; I
guess it's the zone files for the domains currently under InterNIC's
administration, yes?

Sorry, I left out an important "What this report is" section.

It is the top 100 nameservers serving .com, .net and .org domains.

and I know for a fact that some name servers in other
areas would be included in your list if you had analyzed the data.

I'm not quite sure where to *get* that data, though.

I started analyzing the zone files to track down domains that claimed our
nameservers were authoratative for them, yet I had never heard of. Then I
got a whim to start counting them... I've actually had a lot of good
feedback on additions to the report and I plan to put it on the web with
weekly updates.

I've also played around with other statistics on the domains, like: is a
nameserver really responding for it? Is the domain just a MX entry? How
many www.domain.x are pointing at the same IP addresses?

(I'm also intrigued with the number of domains removed from week to week.)