A has not been the authoritative source for .GOV for a while. Check G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 26% dig @G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. gov. ns ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. gov. ns ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 9, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 9 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; gov, type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: gov. 1D IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. gov. 1D IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. gov. 1D IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. gov. 1D IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. gov. 1D IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. gov. 1D IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. gov. 1D IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. gov. 1D IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. gov. 1D IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. Looks like you hit an update "fade" on that particular server.
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 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
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