Once upon a time, jmalcolm@uraeus.com <jmalcolm@uraeus.com> said:
And again:
jmalcolm@nodens [~] [main] 2-860> dig ns @g.ROOT-SERVERS.NET com
And again: $ dig @a.root-servers.net com ns ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @a.root-servers.net com ns ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 12, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 12 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; com, type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: com. 6D IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 6D IN NS B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.41.0.4 E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 207.200.81.69 F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.17.208.67 F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.5.5.241 J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.41.0.21 K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 195.8.99.11 A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.41.3.38 M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 210.176.152.18 G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.41.3.101 C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 205.188.185.18 I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.36.144.133 B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 203.181.106.5 ;; Total query time: 28 msec ;; FROM: fly.HiWAAY.net to SERVER: a.root-servers.net 198.41.0.4 ;; WHEN: Fri Aug 4 09:03:25 2000 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 21 rcvd: 434 $ Do you see g.root-servers.net listed? Then why are you asking it about com? -- Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Information Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.