www.etrade.com has no DNS A record !

[Kai Schlichting <kai () pac-rim net>]

Expect some major customer complaints about this one: www.etrade.com has
no A record, and all other addresses are redirected to that very name.

I just sent this to Etrade:

> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:09:56 -0500
> To: mstallcop () ETRADE COM, postmaster () etrade com, sales () etrade com, info () etrade com, noc () etrade com
> Subject: www.etrade.com has no DNS A record !
>
> I am seeing customer complaints this morning that they can't reach Etrade.
> Check: your ns1 and ns2 nameservers DO NOT have an address record (A) for
> www.etrade.com !!!!!!!!
>
> Given that www.e-trade.com redirects to www.etrade.com, everyone is caught
> in this trap !
>
> Your secondaries at barrnet.net and psi.net are still holding up:
>
> jupiter:~# dig @ns1.etrade.com www.etrade.com a
>
> ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @ns1.etrade.com www.etrade.com a
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
> ;; flags: qr rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 2, Addit: 2
> ;; QUESTIONS:
> ;;      www.etrade.com, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
> www.etrade.com. 14000   NS      gsched2.etrade.com.
> www.etrade.com. 14000   NS      gsched1.etrade.com.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
> gsched2.etrade.com.     14000   A       198.93.32.18
> gsched1.etrade.com.     14000   A       198.93.33.18
>
> ;; Total query time: 87 msec
> ;; FROM: jupiter.speedus.net to SERVER: ns1.etrade.com  198.93.33.11
> ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 25 11:03:26 2000
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 118
>
> jupiter:~# dig @ns2.etrade.com www.etrade.com a
>
> ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @ns2.etrade.com www.etrade.com a
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
> ;; flags: qr rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 2, Addit: 2
> ;; QUESTIONS:
> ;;      www.etrade.com, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
> www.etrade.com. 14000   NS      gsched2.etrade.com.
> www.etrade.com. 14000   NS      gsched1.etrade.com.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
> gsched2.etrade.com.     14000   A       198.93.32.18
> gsched1.etrade.com.     14000   A       198.93.33.18
>
> ;; Total query time: 85 msec
> ;; FROM: jupiter.speedus.net to SERVER: ns2.etrade.com  198.93.32.11
> ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 25 11:03:30 2000
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 118
>
> jupiter:~# dig @ns2.psi.net  www.etrade.com a
>
> ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @ns2.psi.net www.etrade.com a
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 1, Auth: 2, Addit: 2
> ;; QUESTIONS:
> ;;      www.etrade.com, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWERS:
> www.etrade.com. 3       A       167.216.172.33
>
> ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
> www.etrade.com. 14000   NS      gsched2.etrade.com.
> www.etrade.com. 14000   NS      gsched1.etrade.com.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
> gsched2.etrade.com.     14000   A       198.93.32.18
> gsched1.etrade.com.     14000   A       198.93.33.18
>
> ;; Total query time: 84 msec
> ;; FROM: jupiter.speedus.net to SERVER: ns2.psi.net  38.8.50.2
> ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 25 11:03:35 2000
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 134
>
> jupiter:~# dig @ns1.barrnet.net  www.etrade.com a
>
> ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @ns1.barrnet.net www.etrade.com a
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 1, Auth: 0, Addit: 0
> ;; QUESTIONS:
> ;;      www.etrade.com, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWERS:
> www.etrade.com. 15      A       167.216.172.33
>
> ;; Total query time: 3051 msec
> ;; FROM: jupiter.speedus.net to SERVER: ns1.barrnet.net  131.119.245.5
> ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 25 11:03:43 2000
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 48