"John M. Brown" wrote:
Root servers don't resolve names other than the TLD's.
Except when they do ;-) [rjoffe@layer9 rjoffe]$ dig @a.gtld-servers.net www.tombannenchev.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net www.tombannenchev.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58588 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.tombannenchev.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.tombannenchev.com. 172800 IN A 207.69.90.47 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: tombannenchev.com. 172800 IN NS UDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET. tombannenchev.com. 172800 IN NS UDNS2.ULTRADNS.NET. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: UDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET. 172800 IN A 204.69.234.1 UDNS2.ULTRADNS.NET. 172800 IN A 204.74.101.1 ;; Query time: 91 msec ;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(a.gtld-servers.net) ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 1 17:03:47 2002 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 139 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [rjoffe@layer9 rjoffe]$ dig @udns1.ultradns.net www.tombannenchev.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @udns1.ultradns.net www.tombannenchev.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37140 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.tombannenchev.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.tombannenchev.com. 86400 IN A 12.30.205.95 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: tombannenchev.com. 86400 IN NS udns1.ultradns.net. tombannenchev.com. 86400 IN NS udns2.ultradns.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: udns1.ultradns.net. 86400 IN A 204.69.234.1 udns2.ultradns.net. 86400 IN A 204.74.101.1 ;; Query time: 26 msec ;; SERVER: 204.69.234.1#53(udns1.ultradns.net) ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 1 17:08:09 2002 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 139 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [rjoffe@layer9 rjoffe]$ nslookup www.tombannenchev.com Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases. Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead. Run nslookup with the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing. Server: 204.74.78.121 Address: 204.74.78.121#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: www.tombannenchev.com Address: 207.69.90.47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Rodney Joffe CenterGate Research Group, LLC. http://www.centergate.com "Technology so advanced, even we don't understand it!"(SM)