Can I assume that the fact that www.microsoft.com no longer exists in the DNS is a result of the (ongoing) root nameserver problems? Things have been really flaky since the INTERNIC/ALTERNIC flap the other day. Thanks, Dan Ehrlich daneel:8> dig www.microsoft.com @e.root-server.net ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> www.microsoft.com @e.root-server.net ; Bad server: e.root-server.net -- using default server and timer opts ; (3 servers found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 0 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; www.microsoft.com, type = A, class = IN ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: com. 577 SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. ( 1997071700 ; serial 10800 ; refresh (3 hours) 900 ; retry (15 mins) 604800 ; expire (7 days) 86400 ) ; minimum (1 day) ;; Total query time: 3 msec ;; FROM: daneel to SERVER: default -- 130.203.1.10 ;; WHEN: Thu Jul 17 09:53:23 1997 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 35 rcvd: 112