RE: [registrars] SERIOUS Registry issue

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@palage.com>]

I have forwarded this issue to Chuck Gomes at VeriSign Registry. He in turn
has forwarded it to customer service for a reply. When the reply is made
available I will forward it to the list.

Best regards,

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Elana Broitman
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:09 AM
> To: ross@tucows.com; Registrars@Dnso. Org
> Subject: RE: [registrars] SERIOUS Registry issue
>
>
> who is the registrar?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ross@tucows.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:02 AM
> To: Registrars@Dnso. Org
> Subject: Re: [registrars] SERIOUS Registry issue
>
>
> I can verify the same - it might be a glitch or it could be that
> the domain
> JUST got deleted today, but the zone servers haven't updated yet, but that
> would only work if the domain was deleted during its lifetime or in the
> first 5 days of creation, non?
>
> I noticed a similar situation last month when byte.org went AWOL. It was
> deleted and re-registered in the morning, but it took until
> ~5:00EST for the
> root servers to change because of the delay in publishing - it
> was almost 12
> hours before everything got sync'ed and I realized that I no longer
> controlled the name.
>
> -rwr
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bhavin Turakhia" <bhavin.t@directi.com>
> To: "Registrars@Dnso. Org" <registrars@dnso.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 8:11 AM
> Subject: [registrars] SERIOUS Registry issue
>
>
> > I checked a domain name called callcenterindia.org. On doing a
> WHOIS query
> > at http://www.internic.net i get a NO MATCH found....
> >
> > upon doing a check availability on this domain name through RRP it shows
> as
> > available.
> >
> > however when I check the domain name it is in the registry DNS servers.
> > Infact you can actually visit the website. This situation can only arise
> if
> > the domain was deleted from the registry database, but not deleted from
> the
> > root servers. which is a VERY serious issue (unless i have wrongly
> > interpreted it) - since I believe it means that the Registry database is
> not
> > in synch with the root servers.
> >
> > When a domain nameis normally deleted it is placed on
> registry-hold. which
> > means for 5 days the registry would not show it as available -
> however it
> > would be removed from the zone files. here however is a domain that has
> been
> > removed from the registry dbase but appears in the zone files.
> can someone
> > explain this situation to me?
> >
> > > server a.gtld-servers.net.
> > Default Server:  a.gtld-servers.net
> > Address:  192.5.6.30
> >
> > > callcenterindia.org.
> > Server:  a.gtld-servers.net
> > Address:  192.5.6.30
> >
> > Name:    callcenterindia.org
> > Served by:
> > - NS2.NET4INDIA.COM
> >           202.71.128.37
> >           callcenterindia.org
> > - NS1.NET4INDIA.COM
> >           202.71.129.33
> >           callcenterindia.org
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Bhavin Turakhia
> > CEO
> > Directi
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> > Fax: 91-22-6370255
> > http://www.directi.com
> > ----------------------------
> >
>