Re: Root server error

[Matt Larson <mlarson () verisign com>]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Geo. wrote:
> Can someone verify something for me?
>
> Do an NSLOOKUP for www.stemtostern.com and stemtostern.com against the
> i.gtld-servers.net
>
> why would the www one resolve?

If an A (or AAAA) record appears in the com or net zones, it's because
it is referenced at least one NS record also in the com and net zones,
i.e., it appears on the right side of an NS record.

This is the case with www.stemtostern.com.  While it is not a name
server for stemtostern.com, it is a name server for
harbormarinetowing.com; please see the dig output below.

Matt
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Matt Larson <mlarson () verisign com>
VeriSign Global Registry Services


; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> +norec @a.gtld-servers.net ns harbormarinetowing.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41821
;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;harbormarinetowing.com.                IN      NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
harbormarinetowing.com. 172800  IN      NS      ns.nls.net.
harbormarinetowing.com. 172800  IN      NS      www.stemtostern.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.nls.net.             172800  IN      A       216.144.8.10
www.stemtostern.com.    172800  IN      A       216.144.36.50

;; Query time: 24 msec
;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(a.gtld-servers.net)
;; WHEN: Thu Feb 27 15:32:09 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 126