Re: g.root-servers.net returns NXDOMAIN for com.

[Mark Milhollan <mlm () ftel net>]

jmalcolm () uraeus com writes:

> If you ask g about 'com', and instead of giving an answer like the one
> a.ROOT-SERVERS.NET gave you, it says it *does not exist*, you will,
> correctly, assume that means it doesn't exist and neither do any
> subdomains.

Currently G isn't answering queries, so it's not causing a problem.

A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET and H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET don't agree as to the minimum
TTL (518400 vs 172800), but that's not going to wreck anything.


> Hence, if you randomly query the one server that is returning NXDOMAIN
> for com, all com lookups will fail.

This is why BIND 8 has the bogus characteristic, or why one may need to
edit their root hint file.  Too bad both require a reload/restart.