Here is the birth of a new root-server system: *.united-root.com ; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any . @l.public-root.net. ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11820 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 11, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;. IN ANY ;; ANSWER SECTION: . 172800 IN SOA a.united-root.com. hostmaster.united-root.com.\ 2005091400 43200 3600 1209600 14400 . 172800 IN NS g.united-root.com. . 172800 IN NS ns1.public-root.com. . 172800 IN NS tld1.public-root.com. . 172800 IN NS tld2.public-root.com. . 172800 IN NS a.united-root.com. . 172800 IN NS b.united-root.com. . 172800 IN NS c.united-root.com. . 172800 IN NS d.united-root.com. . 172800 IN NS e.united-root.com. . 172800 IN NS f.united-root.com. ;; Query time: 182 msec ;; SERVER: 195.214.191.125#53(l.public-root.net.) ;; WHEN: Mon Sep 26 16:04:25 2005 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 248 ; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any a.united-root.com @l.public-root.net. ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37370 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;a.united-root.com. IN ANY ;; ANSWER SECTION: a.united-root.com. 86400 IN A 69.20.9.165 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: united-root.com. 86400 IN NS ns2.solfix.com. united-root.com. 86400 IN NS ns1.solfix.net. ;; Query time: 4639 msec ;; SERVER: 195.214.191.125#53(l.public-root.net.) ;; WHEN: Mon Sep 26 16:10:33 2005 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 104 host_look("69.20.9.165","a.united-root.com","1158941093"). host_look("72.3.230.81","b.united-root.com","1208215121"). host_name("72.3.230.81","us2.tandtt.com"). host_look("83.138.163.17","c.united-root.com","1401594641"). host_name("83.138.163.17","uk1.tandtt.com"). host_look("203.142.18.40","e.united-root.com","3415085608"). host_look("202.157.188.44","f.united-root.com","3399334956"). host_look("202.157.179.24","g.united-root.com","3399332632"). host_look("195.214.191.125","h.united-root.com","3285630845"). look("207.228.237.52","i.united-root.com","3487886644"). host_look("209.172.35.234","j.united-root.com","3517719530"). host_name("209.172.35.234","ip-209-172-35-234.reverse.privatedns.com"). host_look("84.0.0.0","j.united-root.com","1409286144"). host_name("84.0.0.0","catv54000000.pool.t-online.hu"). host_look("46.99.111.109","j.united-root.com","778268525"). host_look("76.111.110.100","j.united-root.com","1282371172"). host_look("209.172.35.241","k.united-root.com","3517719537"). host_name("209.172.35.241","ip-209-172-35-241.reverse.privatedns.com"). host_look("84.0.0.0","k.united-root.com","1409286144"). host_name("84.0.0.0","catv54000000.pool.t-online.hu"). host_look("46.99.111.109","k.united-root.com","778268525"). host_look("76.111.110.100","k.united-root.com","1282371172"). Not all their servers are working. Some return ICANN. tld1.public-root.com. tld2.public-root.com. are nonsense. They return ICANN. Right now they seem to run old Public-Root data except for the '.' domain G.UNITED-ROOT.COM A 202.157.179.24 D.UNITED-ROOT.COM A 202.157.181.78 F.UNITED-ROOT.COM A 202.157.188.44 E.UNITED-ROOT.COM A 203.142.18.40 A.UNITED-ROOT.COM A 69.20.9.165 B.UNITED-ROOT.COM A 72.3.230.81 C.UNITED-ROOT.COM A 83.138.163.17 Kind regards, Peter and Karin Dambier -- Peter and Karin Dambier Public-Root Graeffstrasse 14 D-64646 Heppenheim +49-6252-671788 (Telekom) +49-179-108-3978 (O2 Genion) mail: peter@peter-dambier.de http://iason.site.voila.fr http://www.kokoom.com/iason