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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: fwd: Re: [registrars] Re: panix.com hijacked
On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 07:21:55PM +0100, Daniel Karrenberg wrote: > >On 16.01 12:46, William Allen Simpson wrote: >> >> >------- Forwarded Message >> > >> >From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[email protected]> >> > >> > >> >I don't see what you are looking at - .net and .com point to the same >> >place with no indication of anything awry...of course, I'm late to the >> >game and the DNS probably tells a different story... >> > >> > >> > >> This fellow is pretty confused, as from here (Michigan via Merit) the >> DNS has pointed to different places since yesterday. > >A quick survey of some caching servers in my neighborhood reveals that >some of them return "old/correct" A RRs for panix.com at this time. presumably they have cached ns records from before the switch in the com tld zone. >Following the DNS delegation chain from the root name servers provides >"new/hijacked" answers at this time. So I assume some operators of caching >servers now choose to provide data that is inconsistent with the >authoritative data in the DNS tree. So depending on where you ask, your >answer may vary. they're not choosing to do so, they're probably operating ~normally. try asking them for the ns records for panix.com. the age should give you an idea of how long ago they were fetched from *.gtld-servers.net. they probably got them before the switch, they'll time out soon enough, and then they'll restart from the "wrong" servers. -- |-----< "CODE WARRIOR" >-----| [email protected] * "ah! i see you have the internet [email protected] (Andrew Brown) that goes *ping*!" [email protected] * "information is power -- share the wealth."
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