Marc, I'll ask the registry about this... I know they had an iniative to remove "orphaned" A records from the zone (see link below). Another criteria point they had about publishing said records was that the nameserver is referenced by a domain name
http://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/orphan_a_records Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marc Storck > Sent: September 17, 2002 8:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: ns5.luxadmin.org > > > Hello, > > we have a problem with ns5.luxadmin.org, but OpenSRS-support seems unable > to help, do you guys know what to do?? > A pasted some information below, you will see the problem within it: > > <copy-paste> > atlantis:~ # whois -h whois.internic.net ns5.luxadmin.org > Whois Server Version 1.3 > Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered > with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net > for detailed information. > Server Name: NS5.LUXADMIN.ORG > IP Address: 65.125.228.71 > Registrar: TUCOWS, INC. > Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net > Referral URL: http://www.opensrs.org > >>> Last update of whois database: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 05:00:34 EDT <<< > The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and > Registrars. > </copy-paste> > > as you can see the nameserver is registered nameserver, but the > gtld-servers do NOT list an A record for it: > > <copy-paste> > atlantis:~ # dig @a.gtld-servers.net ns5.luxadmin.org in a > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net ns5.luxadmin.org in a > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58943 > ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;ns5.luxadmin.org. IN A > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > luxadmin.org. 172800 IN NS NS1.luxadmin.org. > luxadmin.org. 172800 IN NS NS2.luxadmin.org. > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: > NS1.luxadmin.org. 172800 IN A 195.206.105.1 > NS2.luxadmin.org. 172800 IN A 195.206.105.2 > ;; Query time: 100 msec > ;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(a.gtld-servers.net) > ;; WHEN: Sun Sep 15 22:16:24 2002 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 102 > </copy-paste> > > as you can see ns1.luxadmin.org and ns2.luxadmin.org have such records, if > you further check yourself you will see A RRs for ns3.luxadmin.org, > ns4.luxadmin.org and ns6.luxadmin.org on the GTLD-Servers. >
