Re: orkut dns?

[Stephen Stuart <stuart () tech org>]

> i smell a hijack.  the correct data are on google's servers.

... or a transfer that the registry didn't handle so well. 

% whois -h whois.markmonitor.com orkut.com

shows data consistent with the display below. The ?.gtld-servers.net
servers are apparently still pointing to nameservers of the former
registrar.

> roam.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> dig @ns1.google.com. orkut.com. ns
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.3.0s20021217 <<>> @ns1.google.com. orkut.com. ns
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 30597
> ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 4
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;orkut.com.                     IN      NS
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> orkut.com.              3600    IN      NS      ns2.google.com.
> orkut.com.              3600    IN      NS      ns3.google.com.
> orkut.com.              3600    IN      NS      ns4.google.com.
> orkut.com.              3600    IN      NS      ns1.google.com.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ns2.google.com.         345600  IN      A       216.239.34.10
> ns3.google.com.         345600  IN      A       216.239.36.10
> ns4.google.com.         345600  IN      A       216.239.38.10
> ns1.google.com.         345600  IN      A       216.239.32.10
>
> ;; Query time: 177 msec
> ;; SERVER: 216.239.32.10#53(ns1.google.com.)
> ;; WHEN: Thu May  6 18:28:18 2004
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 170