:) I can't provide you with any authoritative FAQ, but I know what you're referring to.
If I look up one of my domains that used to be with NetSol, it shows *OLD* IP addresses for my name servers. e.g., NS.ATLCON.NET 207.159.82.2 In fact, it's NS.ATLCON.NET 65.82.159.6 This changed a couple of years ago after the domain had already been transferred from NetSol to TUCOWS. The problem is that NetSol doesn't recognize that the name servers are no longer managed in their database, and they never re-resolve to get the proper IP addresses. As I understand it, the registry stores the nameserver *NAME*, not the address, as the authoritative entry, and these are resolved on the fly by the DNS resolver. So as long as the nameserver NAMES that are shown in the WHOIS are correct, then everything will work just fine. Regards, Eric Longman Atl-Connect Internet Services +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Atl-Connect Internet Services http://www.atlcon.net | | 3600 Dallas Hwy Ste 230-288 770 590-0888 | | Marietta, GA 30064-1685 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +-------------------------------------------------------+ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of JB Segal Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (I could have sworn I sent this out on 2/7, but it doesn't seem to have gotten through, nor do I recall a bounce on it...if it did, I'm sorry for the duplication...) Does anyone have a nice, detailed authoritative FAQ - with citation, prefereably (and I supposed "I work for the Tucows OSRS Registry" is probably going to be authoritative enough for the folks I have to give this to - about what data is in Whois, where it comes from and how it really isn't authoritative, as pertains to NS addresses? I have customers who are using NS' on domains registered with one registry for their domains, registered (someplace else, soon with me), where the Whois data got out of sync when their NS Provider renumbered. I have to try to convince them that this isn't a tragic flaw and that they're not going off the air (even though they haven't already) soon because of it. Thanks very much, JB
