so i hit www.internic.net today, looking for contact information for a customer of mine, and lo and behold, it's some AlterNIC crap! come to find out, my name server has incorrect information for www.internic.net: piglet [~] ? nslookup www.internic.net Server: mixer.visi.com Address: 204.73.178.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name: www.internic.net Address: 207.51.48.15 according to my cache dump, this information came from AlterNIC. $ORIGIN INTERNIC.net. www 146598 IN A 207.51.48.15 ;Cr=addtnl [204.94.42.2] piglet [~] ? nslookup 204.94.42.2 Server: mixer.visi.com Address: 204.73.178.1 Name: aragorn.alternic.net Address: 204.94.42.2 piglet [~] ? whois 204.94.42 ATC dba ALTERNIC.NET (NETBLK-SEANET02-ALTERNIC01) SEANET02-ALTERNIC01 204.94.42.0 - 204.94.42.255 i do not have ANY AlterNIC hints in my root cache. why is AlterNIC poisoning my nameserver? kevin brintnall <kbrint@visi.com> network engineer, vector internet E3979560EF3E00B7 36D422A3C0F3741C