jp.co.pima.az.us is a perfectly good domain with servers kappa.jp.co.pima.az.us ns.pima.gov arizona.edu The root servers claim the following can give me good answers: Server: A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET Address: 198.41.0.4 Authoritative answers can be found from: US nameserver = VENERA.ISI.EDU US nameserver = EXCALIBUR.USC.EDU US nameserver = NS.ISI.EDU US nameserver = RS0.INTERNIC.NET US nameserver = NS.UU.NET US nameserver = ADMII.ARL.MIL However, of those, only the first three respond correctly to a lookup. RS0.INTERNIC.NET and NS.UU.NET give me an obsolete server (tophat). ADMII.ARL.MIL gives me no records found. Is it that I'm just too stupid to use nslookup/dig on a Tuesday, or is there a configuration issue here somewhere? Ehud