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Old 11-21-2005, 12:58 PM  
RonUSMC
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Actually, of the hundred or so root servers they filled one of them with false information. Its getting harder and harder to do. So the example up top, what he is saying is that if you try to get a domain name from a certain root DNS server, it will come up wrong. It happens. Here is a readout from AOL.com as of now:


Advanced Systems #1 TIMEOUT
Advanced Systems #2 TIMEOUT
AT&T Worldnet #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 5h 19m 21s]
AT&T Worldnet #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 1d 1h 6m 32s]
Compuserve #1 [No cached answer: Would go to NS of (root)]
Compuserve #2 [No cached answer: Would go to NS of (root)]
Drizzle #1 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=14s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=14s]
Drizzle #2 [No cached answer: Would go to NS of ]
Earthlink #1 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=58s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=58s]
Earthlink #2 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=39s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=39s]
Earthlink NetAxs #1 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=38s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=38s]
Earthlink NetAxs #2 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=9s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=9s]
GTE #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 8m 7s]
GTE #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 46m 12s]
IBMnet #1 TIMEOUT
IBMnet #2 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=21s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=21s]
Internet America #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 45m 55s]
Internet America #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 45m 55s]
Internet MCI #1 [No cached answer: Would go to NS of (root)]
MCI Internet #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 1d 15h 6m 6s]
MCI Internet #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 18m 57s]
MCI Worldcom #1 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=36s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=36s]
MCI Worldcom #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 1d 10h 58m 29s]
Mindspring #1 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=27s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=27s]
Mindspring #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 25m 46s]
OneWest Idaho #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 51m 21s]
OneWest Idaho #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 32m 11s]
OneWest Montana #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 41m 51s]
OneWest Montana #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 59m 47s]
OneWest Wyoming #1 [No cached answer: Would go to NS of ]
OneWest Wyoming #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 51m 26s]
Prodigy Internet #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 44s]
Prodigy Internet #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 57m 40s]
Qwest #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 1d 16h 37m 14s]
Qwest #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 1d 12h 52m 4s]
Roadrunner #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 50m 42s]
Roadrunner #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 10m 12s]
Southwestern Bell #1 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=59s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=59s]
Southwestern Bell #2 [No cached answer: Would go to NS of ]
SprintNet #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 1d 12h 57m 2s]
Sprynet #1 [No cached answer: Would go to NS of (root)]
Sprynet #2 [No cached answer: Would go to NS of (root)]
Sprynet #1 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=49s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=49s]
Sprynet #2 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=27s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=27s]
Sympatico #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 54m 50s]
Touch America #1 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 1h 17m 20s]
Touch America #2 [No cached answer: it does have the NS records for aol.com., with a TTL of 57m 45s]
UUNet #1 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=18s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=18s]
UUNet #2 A=205.188.142.182 [TTL=33s] A=64.12.50.151 [TTL=33s]
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