[igor@vds ~]$ host -t A www.facebook.com ns1.facebook.com Using domain server: Name: ns1.facebook.com Address: 204.74.66.132#53 Aliases: www.facebook.com has no A record However: [igor@vds ~]$ dig A www.facebook.com @ns1.facebook.com ; <<>> DiG 9.7.0-P2-RedHat-9.7.0-5.P2.el6_0.1 <<>> A www.facebook.com @ns1.facebook.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 55657 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.facebook.com. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: www.facebook.com. 86400 IN NS glb2.facebook.com. www.facebook.com. 86400 IN NS glb1.facebook.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: glb2.facebook.com. 3600 IN A 69.171.255.10 glb1.facebook.com. 3600 IN A 69.171.239.10 ;; Query time: 11 msec ;; SERVER: 204.74.66.132#53(204.74.66.132) ;; WHEN: Wed Mar 7 08:42:44 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 104 Not sure what is going wrong here. People @ facebook? regards, Igor