Looks hosed to me }:>
[dalvenja@delivery ~] % dig NS internic.net. @f.root-servers.net.
; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> NS internic.net. @f.root-servers.net. ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; internic.net, type = NS, class = IN
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: NET. 1D IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.internic.net. ( 1997071600 ; serial 3H ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum
[dalvenja@delivery ~] % whois internic.net whois: whois.internic.net: host unknown [dalvenja@delivery ~] %
Maybe the InterNIC didn't pay for the domain in time and thus it was deleted? :-)))) Erich -- Erich Meier Erich.Meier@informatik.uni-erlangen.de http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~meier