am i wrong or is there a problem (which is a dozen hours old)? roam.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> dig +norec @a.gtld-servers.net. orkut.com. ns ; <<>> DiG 9.3.0s20021217 <<>> +norec @a.gtld-servers.net. orkut.com. ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 61385 ;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;orkut.com. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: orkut.com. 172800 IN NS ns11.worldnic.com. orkut.com. 172800 IN NS ns12.worldnic.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns11.worldnic.com. 172800 IN A 216.168.225.141 ns12.worldnic.com. 172800 IN A 216.168.225.142 ;; Query time: 101 msec ;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(a.gtld-servers.net.) ;; WHEN: Thu May 6 17:42:09 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 106 roam.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> dig +norec @ns11.worldnic.com. orkut.com. ns ; <<>> DiG 9.3.0s20021217 <<>> +norec @ns11.worldnic.com. orkut.com. ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36354 ;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;orkut.com. IN NS ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 3600000 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ;; Query time: 91 msec ;; SERVER: 216.168.225.141#53(ns11.worldnic.com.) ;; WHEN: Thu May 6 17:42:26 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 238 roam.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> dig +norec @ns12.worldnic.com. orkut.com. ns ; <<>> DiG 9.3.0s20021217 <<>> +norec @ns12.worldnic.com. orkut.com. ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38052 ;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;orkut.com. IN NS ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 3600000 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ;; Query time: 91 msec ;; SERVER: 216.168.225.142#53(ns12.worldnic.com.) ;; WHEN: Thu May 6 17:43:03 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 238 and Domain Name: ORKUT.COM Registrar: EMARKMONITOR INC. DBA MARKMONITOR Whois Server: whois.markmonitor.com Referral URL: http://www.markmonitor.com Name Server: NS11.WORLDNIC.COM Name Server: NS12.WORLDNIC.COM Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 05-may-2004 <<<=== Creation Date: 08-dec-2002 Expiration Date: 08-dec-2007 hmmm randy