I just noticed that debian.org has a boatload of nameservers: # host -t ns debian.org debian.org NS saens.debian.org debian.org NS va.debian.org debian.org NS pandora.debian.org debian.org NS murphy.debian.org debian.org NS buoy.com debian.org NS www2.buoy.com debian.org NS ns2.cistron.nl debian.org NS miriam.fuller.edu debian.org NS open.hands.com debian.org NS ns1.waw.com debian.org NS ns1.ldsol.com debian.org NS samosa.debian.org
However, for a nameserver to be useful, it must be registered at internic. It's no use to say "ns.domain.com is the nameserver for domain.com" if ns.domain.com isn't registered at a root nameserver itself (chicken-egg). Well, for most of the nameservers with debian.org: # for i in saens.debian.org va.debian.org pandora.debian.org murphy.debian.org samosa.debian.org; do host -a $i a.root-servers.net; done saens.debian.org ANY record currently not present at a.root-servers.net va.debian.org A 209.81.8.242 pandora.debian.org ANY record currently not present at a.root-servers.net murphy.debian.org ANY record currently not present at a.root-servers.net samosa.debian.org ANY record currently not present at a.root-servers.net So, listing saens, pandora, murphy and samosa as nameservers for debian.org is useless. Another thing, according to Internic only 3 servers have been registered as nameservers for debian.org: # host -t ns debian.org a.root-servers.net debian.org NS BUOY.COM debian.org NS WWW2.BUOY.COM debian.org NS VA.debian.org So the nameservers at cistron, fuller, hands, waw and ldsol are of questionable use as well. Perhaps someone should fix this .. Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
