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Re: [cobalt-users] dodgy nameservers



On Saturday 26 October 2002 10:30, alan@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
<snip>
> Notice that although octagono.uk.com resolves to the correct ip, if i run
> nslookup on the ip, i get ns.time2time.com as the result. This can't be
> right can it ?
Yes it can be right, depends on how the pointer record is setup

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
199.67.212.in-addr.arpa.  5H IN SOA  ns.webfusion.co.uk. 
hostmaster.webfusion.co.uk. (

Looks like webfusion.co.uk is the owner/leaseor of the IP addresses

[root etc]# dig ns.octagono.uk.com

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> ns.octagono.uk.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      ns.octagono.uk.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ns.octagono.uk.com.     3H IN A         212.67.199.163

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
octagono.uk.com.        3H IN NS        ns.octagono.uk.com.
octagono.uk.com.        3H IN NS        ns2.octagono.uk.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.octagono.uk.com.     3H IN A         212.67.199.163
ns2.octagono.uk.com.    3H IN A         212.67.199.164


Gerald
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