Nathan,

Not all TLD name servers have an IPv4 address, so running this monitor
on an IPv4 only host, may give you some false negatives.

--Augie

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Nathan Gibbs <nat...@cmpublishers.com> wrote:
> Just posted a dns-gtld monitor.
>
> http://www.cmpublishers.com/oss/
>
> What this does.
> 1. Looks up the NS's for a domain.
> 2. Looks up the NS's for the gtld involved.
> 3. Queries the NS's obtained in 2 and compares the results with the results
> obtained in 1.
>
> If ( they match ) {
>        OK
> }else{
>        Error
> }
>
> The inspiration.
> In Feb our ISP renumbered some of its nets. Our IP address was changed. Our
> registrar took WAY to long to get its Act together, change, and propagate new
> glue records.  We spent WAY too much time practicing dig-fu, telling our
> registrar what the ( their ) problems were, and pulling our hair out.
> Somewhere in that chaos ( between premature baldness & a nice padded cell ),
> the thought occurred that their wasn't a monitor for this.  Now there is.
> :-)
>
> Enjoy.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Nathan Gibbs
>
> Systems Administrator
> Christ Media
> http://www.cmpublishers.com
>
>
>
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