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Re: sans.org


From: "Kurt Seifried" <listuser () seifried org>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:12:11 -0600

gtld's can't seem to point an NS to these domains:

[root@mrtg mrtg]# nslookup
server k.gtld-servers.net
Default server: k.gtld-servers.net
Address: 192.52.178.30#53
set querytype=NS
sans.org
Server:         k.gtld-servers.net
Address:        192.52.178.30#53

Non-authoritative answer:
*** Can't find sans.org: No answer


This is ... rather normal. .org is served by *.NSTLD.COM now. .net and .com
are still served by *.gtld-servers.net.

It looks like register.com either hosed their database, or hosed records
while trying to update various records (at the request of the owners or
someone else, who knows).

A variety of domains appear affected, sans.org, dhsield.org, incidents.org,
homepc.org, etc. All .org, all related and sharing infrastructure
aooerently.

Right now I'm inclined towards Occam's razor, this is a technical screw
up/"normal" DNS modification and not something "evil".

Kurt Seifried, kurt () seifried org
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http://seifried.org/security/



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