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> From: Global Homes Webmaster <webmaster@globalhomes.com>
> Reply-To: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com>
> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:52:45 -0800
> To: QuickDNS Talk <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com>
> Subject: Re: .biz domains
>
> Well, we _could_ perhaps be a little more helpful. 8^) Len's point is well
> taken, though, that it would be nice to know exactly what's 'not working' for
> you. <http://pda-architects.biz/> loads fine for me here. As to the DNS,
> a.gtld.biz says:
>
> % dig @a.gtld.biz. pda-architects.biz.
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @a.gtld.biz. pda-architects.biz.
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;; pda-architects.biz, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> pda-architects.biz. 15M IN NS NS1.INFOEDG.COM.
> pda-architects.biz. 15M IN NS NS2.INFOEDG.COM.
> pda-architects.biz. 15M IN NS SUPERIOR.MIDDLECOAST.NET.
>
> There are no glue (A) records for ns1 and ns2.infoedg.com, as there should be,
> but we can find them anyway via normal look-ups. ns1.infoedg.com says:
>
> % dig @ns1.infoedg.com. pda-architects.biz. +norecurse
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns1.infoedg.com. pda-architects.biz. +norecurse
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25628
> ;; flags: qr aa ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;; pda-architects.biz, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> pda-architects.biz. 1D IN A 63.220.247.67
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> pda-architects.biz. 1D IN NS ns1.infoedg.com.
> pda-architects.biz. 1D IN NS superior.middlecoast.net.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ns1.infoedg.com. 1D IN A 63.220.247.78
> superior.middlecoast.net. 1D IN A 216.120.196.11
>
> The same query to superior.middlecoast.net gets the same answer, but
> ns2.infoedg.com times out (i.e., no response). Since ns2.infoedg.com is listed
> as authoritative by the gtld.biz name servers, it needs to be set up to answer
> authoritatively for the zone.
>
> For www.pda-architects.biz., both ns1.infoedg.com and superior.middlecoast.net
> say:
>
> www.pda-architects.biz. 1D IN CNAME www.infoedg.com.
> www.infoedg.com. 5M IN A 209.10.147.49
>
> And I can load <http://www.pda-architects.biz/> in a browser also. The only
> thing I can see wrong at this point is that ns2.infoedg.com is not responding,
> at least for the architects.biz. zone. If there's something else that you need
> to do with the zone, you'll need to give us more of a hint... ;-)

Sorry for butting in here, but I am trying to learn DNS. I have a question.
By the lookups above, how can you tell that ns2.ifoedg.com is listed as the
authoritative server by the gtld.biz name servers?

Thanks,
Jeff

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