The registry looks in it's own internal database for the nameservers. The nameserver ns3.9wire.com does not exist in the verisign registry, but it does exist in OpenSRS. You will have to email me the IP offlist so I can create it at VeriSign (this is a known, small bug, with OpenSRS and we are fixing it).
Charles Daminato TUCOWS Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Aaron Lynch wrote: > I'm trying to change a nameserver for ninewire.com to be ns3.9wire.com in > the web interface. > > I keep getting an error that opensrs can't verify the existance of the > server. > > So if I go to the end user web interface for 9wire.com and try to create a > ns3.9wire.com, I get an error saying the server already exists. > > ?? > > When trying to verify a server, are you doing a name lookup or are you > pinging it? And I think that if a nameserver doesn't exist, it should throw > up an 'are you sure' dialog box, rather than failing altogether. Our NS3 > box is across the country, and if it's offline, I really don't think that > should prevent me from registering or transferring names... > >
