Let me attempt to bring this back to the policy question. Does someone have the *right* to put one of your IP addresses as an NS record for their domain even if you do not agree? Registrar policies imply that this is so, and has been this way for a long time. A number of years ago (like 8-10 or so) I had a student host a domain on my campus that I rather they not host. When I requested the registrar (or registrar equivalent at the time) to remove the domain, or at least the NS record pointing at my IP address, they refused. Their position was that if I didn't like the domain, I should block access to the IP address. I solved the problem another way... Presumably this would work today, but it takes the effected IP address out of action and Drew's goal, presumably, is to get the IP address back in use without cruft heading its way. Is this a good policy? I can argue it either way myself... -Jeff -- ============================================================================= Jeffrey I. Schiller MIT Network Manager Information Services and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Room W92-190 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 617.253.0161 - Voice jis@mit.edu ============================================================================