I just came across the fact that one of the root servers (G) has a stale .com zone. (Serial number from 3/10). Of course, my primary DNS server seems to prefer G (or any other root server with a problem for that matter). I did call the number for the NOC listed and let's just say that although they said that "the responsible person would be notified" I got the impression that fixing the problem wasn't going to be on the top of their list and probably was going to wait till the next business day. I also was told that "They got a call like this friday" (which was the last day the data was synched. Are there standards for operations of a root DNS server? I would think that checking and making sure that your zone files are current would be either something you could do once a day or at the minimum write a script to check the serial against the current date and start yelping if it was too far out of date. If I was responsible for a root server, making sure it was up with the "correct" (quotes added thanks to our favorite registry/ies) data would be my top priority. - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) KD7EHZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ----------------------------------------------------------------------