Yep, somebody modified the delegation via a forged domain modification email. An emergency root server update has been done to correct the problem. Meanwhile, DNS1 and DNS2.AUTONET.NET are going to temporarily act authoritatively for AOL.COM until the ttl expires. On 16 Oct 98, at 13:01, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
Just for those who aren't aware yet, all your mail to aol.com is about to bounce.
sprunk@pegasus:~> host -t ns aol.com c.root-servers.net Using domain server: Name: c.root-servers.net Address: 192.33.4.12 Aliases:
aol.com name server DNS2.AUTONET.NET aol.com name server DNS1.AUTONET.NET
sprunk@pegasus:~> host -t mx aol.com dns.autonet.net Error in looking up server name: Host not found.
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Mark Borchers Network Engineering Dept. Network Two Communications Group