The root nameservers seem a tad confused about the orbs.org domain this morning. A, E, F, and G seem to know about it, while B, C, D, and H-L don't. But even the 4 that know about it seem to be returning only a partial list of NS entries (possibly the others are secondaries - but if the roots aren't returning the NS entries, they'll never get referenced)? And yes, I know that the ORBS guys have shut down temporarily due to the above.net hassles they've been getting. But even the NS entries going poof? -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech dig @a.root-servers.net orbs.org ns ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @a.root-servers.net orbs.org ns ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 7, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 4 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; orbs.org, type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: orbs.org. 2D IN NS NS.VUURWERK.NL. orbs.org. 2D IN NS NS1.MANAWATU.NET.NZ. orbs.org. 2D IN NS NS1.ABS.NET. orbs.org. 2D IN NS SKYNET.SIMKIN.COM. orbs.org. 2D IN NS DOUBTFUL.SIMKIN.COM. orbs.org. 2D IN NS NS3.AUSTRIA.EU.NET. orbs.org. 2D IN NS ORBSNS.PORT80.SE. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: NS1.ABS.NET. 2D IN A 207.114.0.130 SKYNET.SIMKIN.COM. 2D IN A 199.175.137.111 DOUBTFUL.SIMKIN.COM. 2D IN A 207.6.128.246 NS3.AUSTRIA.EU.NET. 2D IN A 193.154.160.110 dig @b.root-servers.net orbs.org ns ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @b.root-servers.net orbs.org ns ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 12, ADDITIONAL: 12 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; orbs.org, type = NS, class = IN ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: ORG. 6D IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ORG. 6D IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 198.41.0.4 G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.112.36.4 E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 207.200.81.69 F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.17.208.67 F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.5.5.241 J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.41.0.21 K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 195.8.99.11 A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 198.41.3.38 M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 210.176.152.18 H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 216.33.75.82 C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 205.188.185.18 I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.36.144.253 dig @NS.VUURWERK.NL orbs.org ns ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @NS.VUURWERK.NL orbs.org ns ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 14, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 6 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; orbs.org, type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: orbs.org. 1D IN NS doubtful.simkin.com. orbs.org. 1D IN NS ns1.abs.net. orbs.org. 1D IN NS ns2.abs.net. orbs.org. 1D IN NS ns3.austria.eu.net. orbs.org. 1D IN NS ns.vuurwerk.nl. orbs.org. 1D IN NS orbsns.p80.net. orbs.org. 1D IN NS ns.uni2.net. orbs.org. 1D IN NS sunsite.auc.dk. orbs.org. 1D IN NS sunsite.icm.edu.pl. orbs.org. 1D IN NS monkeys.com. orbs.org. 1D IN NS dns-orbs.proxy.aol.com. orbs.org. 1D IN NS ns1.manawatu.net.nz. orbs.org. 1D IN NS ns2.manawatu.net.nz. orbs.org. 1D IN NS skynet.simkin.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: doubtful.simkin.com. 7h31m27s IN A 207.6.128.246 ns1.abs.net. 7h31m47s IN A 207.114.0.130 ns2.abs.net. 5h53m43s IN A 207.114.0.140 ns3.austria.eu.net. 3h35m44s IN A 193.154.160.110 ns.vuurwerk.nl. 1D IN A 194.178.232.2 ns.uni2.net. 7h31m27s IN A 129.142.7.99