The DREN root nameserver has been broke for something more than an hour. Would you please document some out-of-band method (telno, maybe) for contacting the root nameserver ops folks? Gracias. Cheers, JH +1 408 731 3395 % dig ns yahoo.com @h.root-servers.net ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> ns yahoo.com @h.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; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 0 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; yahoo.com, type = NS, class = IN ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: . 86400 SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. ( 1997021100 ; serial 10800 ; refresh (3 hours) 900 ; retry (15 mins) 604800 ; expire (7 days) 86400 ) ; minimum (1 day) ;; ...truncated ;; Total query time: 99 msec ;; FROM: borogove.yahoo.com to SERVER: h.root-servers.net 128.63.2.53 ;; WHEN: Thu Feb 13 18:02:19 1997 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 27 rcvd: 100 18:02:18.961232 borogove.yahoo.com.ms-sna-server > h.root-servers.net.domain: 10+ NS? yahoo.com. (27) 4500 0037 eddb 0000 4011 9a4c cdd8 a241 803f 0235 05c5 0035 0023 b9f3 000a 0100 0001 0000 0000 0000 0579 6168 6f6f 0363 6f6d 0000 0200 01 18:02:19.035840 h.root-servers.net.domain > borogove.yahoo.com.ms-sna-server: 10 NXDomain*- 0/1/0 (100) 4500 0080 e913 0000 3311 abcb 803f 0235 cdd8 a241 0035 05c5 006c d257 000a 8503 0001 0000 0001 0000 0579 6168 6f6f 0363 6f6d 0000 0200 0100 0006 0001 0001 5180 003e 0141 0c52 4f4f 542d 5345 5256 4552 5303 4e45 5400 0a68 6f73 746d 6173 7465 7208 494e 5445 524e 4943 c035 7708 1fac 0000 2a30 0000 0384 0009 3a80 0001 5180 18:02:22.707358 borogove.yahoo.com.lansource > i.root-servers.net.domain: 10+ NS? yahoo.com. (27) 4500 0037 ee03 0000 4011 c862 cdd8 a241 c024 9411 05cd 0035 0023 e829 000a 0100 0001 0000 0000 0000 0579 6168 6f6f 0363 6f6d 0000 0200 01 18:02:22.958964 i.root-servers.net.domain > borogove.yahoo.com.lansource: 10- 4/0/3 NS NS.YAHOO.CA. (161) 4500 00bd 76aa 0000 2f11 5036 c024 9411 cdd8 a241 0035 05cd 00a9 144f 000a 8100 0001 0004 0000 0003 0579 6168 6f6f 0363 6f6d 0000 0200 01c0 0c00 0200 0100 02a3 0000 0d02 4e53 0559 4148 4f4f 0243 4100 c00c 0002 0001 0002 a300 000e 0457 5757 3206 4555 524f 5045 c00c c00c 0002 0001 0002 a300 0005 024e 53c0 0cc0 0c00 0200 0100 02a3 0000 0603 4156 31c0 0cc0 4000 0100 0100 02a3 0000 04c3 e850 05c0 5a00 0100 0100 02a3 0000 04cd d892 5dc0 6b00 0100 0100 02a3 0000 04cc 7b02 55