Search Again: Root Server IP Addresses? From: Warren Michelsen Date: Monday, March 8, 2004 Time: 6:37:39 am Where can I find the IP addresses of the root servers? Curiously, when I do a lookup for any of the root servers, they all come up as the same IP address: 204.228.229.168 dig://A.ROOTSERVERS.NET;querytype=ANY ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> A.ROOTSERVERS.NET ANY ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59694 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;A.ROOTSERVERS.NET. IN ANY ;; ANSWER SECTION: A.ROOTSERVERS.NET. 1887 IN A 204.228.229.168 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: ROOTSERVERS.NET. 259153 IN NS ns3.mydomain.com. ROOTSERVERS.NET. 259153 IN NS ns4.mydomain.com. ROOTSERVERS.NET. 259153 IN NS ns1.mydomain.com. ROOTSERVERS.NET. 259153 IN NS ns2.mydomain.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns4.mydomain.com. 172286 IN A 63.251.83.74 ;; Query time: 33 msec ;; SERVER: 65.163.82.130#53(65.163.82.130) ;; WHEN: Mon Mar 8 07:32:43 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 151 [End of response] My classic QDNS Pro (3.5.3) lists root server IP addresses in its Options, how do I know these are current and accurate?

Messages In This Thread: Root Server IP Addresses? by Warren Michelsen on Mar 8, 2004 at 6:37:39 am Re: Root Server IP Addresses? by Len Conrad on Mar 8, 2004 at 7:08:17 am