From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Sep 16 14:41:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from dt014nb6.san.rr.com (dt014nb6.san.rr.com [24.30.129.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C18C014C1E for ; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:41:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by dt014nb6.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA26932; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:17:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:17:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug X-Sender: doug@dt014nb6.san.rr.com To: Brian Scott Cc: mailing list Subject: Re: dig @a.root-servers.net.. status: NXDOMAIN ?? In-Reply-To: <199909161531.KAA37312@www.SLipmat.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Brian Scott wrote: > [root@noc:~]# dig @a.root-servers.net ANY sgba.com > > ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @a.root-servers.net ANY sgba.com > ; (1 server found) > ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch > ;; got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10 > > on the above line where is says "status: NXDOMAIN" it > should read "status: NOERROR" Why do you think it should say that? NXDOMAIN can be translated roughly as, "You asked me for a record in a zone you think I should be authoritative for, but I'm not, and I can't find anyone who is for you to ask instead." NOERROR means, "You asked me for a record in a zone you think I should be authoritative for, and I am authoritative for it, but the record you want doesn't exist." So, clearly NXDOMAIN is the right answer, since there are no records for your domain there. It might also help you to know that the only worthwhile query for a root/TLD nameserver is NS, since those are the only records it's going to have about delegated domains. I will spare you yet another, "So pay your bill already" message since it seems you have. :) Good luck, Doug -- "My mama told me, my mama said, 'don't cry.' She said, 'you're too young a man to have as many women you got.' I looked at my mother dear and didn't even crack a smile. I said, 'If women kill me, I don't mind dyin!'" - John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues, "I Don't Know" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message