Re: [ga] The True Authority? (Mainly for dig-gers)

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Marc and all assembly members,

  About a year ago, Roeland Mayer brought some attention to this
situation on this forum.  And ask the same questions as well?  Hence
it seems that the ICANN staff is still asleep a the switch...  Not
surprising really.  But makes one wonder that if they cannot even
properly handle their own Domain Name, one wonders how they
could suppose to determine the rest of the stakeholders how to
manage theirs?

Marc Schneiders wrote:

> I was wondering what the true authority was for ICANN.ORG.
>
> Opinions differ:
>
> zeist:marc {224} dig icann.org. ns @a.gtld-servers.net
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> icann.org.              2D IN NS        VENERA.ISI.EDU.
> icann.org.              2D IN NS        NS.APNIC.NET.
> icann.org.              2D IN NS        NS.ISI.EDU.
> icann.org.              2D IN NS        NS.RIPE.NET.
> icann.org.              2D IN NS        RIP.PSG.COM.
> icann.org.              2D IN NS        SVC00.APNIC.NET.
>
> So there are 6 nameservers, right? Wrong:
>
> zeist:marc {225} dig icann.org. ns @VENERA.ISI.EDU
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> icann.org.              1D IN NS        ns.isi.edu.
> icann.org.              1D IN NS        rip.psg.com.
> icann.org.              1D IN NS        ns.ripe.net.
> icann.org.              1D IN NS        ns.apnic.net.
> icann.org.              1D IN NS        svc00.apnic.net.
> icann.org.              1D IN NS        ns.icann.org.
> icann.org.              1D IN NS        venera.isi.edu.
>
> The NET zone does not know about ns.icann.org. Pity. (Solution: Tell
> Verisign about it.)
>
> The SOA specifies another authority for ICANN.ORG, and not one of the 6
> or 7 nameservers:
>
> zeist:marc {238} dig icann.org soa @venera.isi.edu
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> icann.org.              6H IN SOA       dns1.icann.org.
> hostmaster.icann.org. (
>
> A bit of a problem, if different servers have different opinions about the
> true authority in the DNS. Who is coordinating this stuff?
>
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