The WHOIS database seems to be updated at random intervals. Today, it never did get updated. The data is more than 24 hours stale in the WHOIS database, and the "last updated" time is being reported as yesterday, mid-morning. The name servers do appear to be up-to-date, though. The F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET machine has an out-of-date com. zone. The other name servers seem to be up-to-date, and the F server is OK for the net and org domains, and the root domain. Only the com TLD is out of date (5 days old). On a positive note, the domain name modification forms appear to be back from the dead. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie dts@senie.com Amaranth Networks Inc. http://www.amaranthnetworks.com
Paulk said, four months ago, that NSI had asked him to stop serving COM/NET/ORG while the SRS beta test was running.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Daniel Senie Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 8:27 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: InterNIC oddities
The WHOIS database seems to be updated at random intervals. Today, it never did get updated. The data is more than 24 hours stale in the WHOIS database, and the "last updated" time is being reported as yesterday, mid-morning. The name servers do appear to be up-to-date, though.
The F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET machine has an out-of-date com. zone. The other name servers seem to be up-to-date, and the F server is OK for the net and org domains, and the root domain. Only the com TLD is out of date (5 days old).
On a positive note, the domain name modification forms appear to be back from the dead.
-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie dts@senie.com Amaranth Networks Inc. http://www.amaranthnetworks.com
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
Paulk said, four months ago, that NSI had asked him to stop serving COM/NET/ORG while the SRS beta test was running.
Actually, what he said was that he had been asked to stop permitting zone transfers from F, not that he should completely stop serving it up. Big difference. -- Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net> [ What goes up, must come down. ] http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/ [ Ask any system administrator. ]
I stand corrected.
-----Original Message----- From: emarshal@labyrinth.logic.net [mailto:emarshal@labyrinth.logic.net]On Behalf Of Edward S. Marshall Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 7:45 AM To: Roeland M.J. Meyer Cc: Daniel Senie; nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: InterNIC oddities
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
Paulk said, four months ago, that NSI had asked him to stop serving COM/NET/ORG while the SRS beta test was running.
Actually, what he said was that he had been asked to stop permitting zone transfers from F, not that he should completely stop serving it up. Big difference.
-- Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net> [ What goes up, must come down. ] http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/ [ Ask any system administrator. ]
The F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET machine has an out-of-date com. zone. The other name servers seem to be up-to-date, and the F server is OK for the net and org domains, and the root domain. Only the com TLD is out of date (5 days old).
A says: ;; ANSWER SECTION: com. 1D IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. ( 1999072800 ; serial 30M ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum F says: ;; ANSWER SECTION: com. 1D IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. ( 1999072700 ; serial 30M ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum That looks like a one day difference to me. Stephen
A says:
;; ANSWER SECTION: com. 1D IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC .NET. ( 1999072800 ; serial 30M ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum
F says:
;; ANSWER SECTION: com. 1D IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC .NET. ( 1999072700 ; serial 30M ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum
That looks like a one day difference to me.
My mistake; one of the Fs is five days behind. It should catch up Real Soon Now. Stephen
It could also be in the middle of an AXFR Serial# doesnt update until AXFR is complete. Also, say Serial 1999072700 is active/reloaded on A at 16:00, and sends NOTIFY to others to do AXFR, and you queried A versus F at 16:10, F is still going to have old 1999072700 serial. So no, it's not necessarily a day at all. -jamie On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 10:03:49PM -0700, Stephen Stuart wrote:
The F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET machine has an out-of-date com. zone. The other name servers seem to be up-to-date, and the F server is OK for the net and org domains, and the root domain. Only the com TLD is out of date (5 days old).
A says:
;; ANSWER SECTION: com. 1D IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. ( 1999072800 ; serial 30M ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum
F says:
;; ANSWER SECTION: com. 1D IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. ( 1999072700 ; serial 30M ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum
That looks like a one day difference to me.
Stephen
-- jamie rishaw (efnet:gavroche) -- Exodus Communications, Inc. Senior Network Engineer, Southern California Data Centers .. Midwest-US Exile
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