[OT] 'We'll play nicely' says Microsoft

[David A. Bandel]

This is really bizarre.  I can resolve the world, but I only received a
CNAME entry, and that resolved to _nothing_.  Wonder what's going on with
DNS?  The particular server I queried to start the dig is Cable & Wireless
Panama.

This is _very_ strange folks.

David A. Bandel

On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 19:55:27 -0500
begin  Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> spewed forth:

> Previously, David A. Bandel chose to write:
> > On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:43:36 +0100 (CET)
> >
> > begin  Zoran <zoki.news at linuxix.2y.net> spewed forth:
> > > *** No comment...
> > >
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1870000/1870263.stm
> >
> > [david at tole david]$ dig news.bbc.co.uk
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> news.bbc.co.uk
> > ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> > ;; got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 4
> > ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL:
> > 0;; QUERY SECTION:
> > ;;      news.bbc.co.uk, type = A, class = IN
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > news.bbc.co.uk.         3M IN CNAME     newswww.bbc.net.uk.
> >
> > ;; Total query time: 136 msec
> > ;; FROM: tole.pananix.com to SERVER: default -- 206.128.192.214
> > ;; WHEN: Wed Mar 13 19:39:09 2002
> > ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 64
> >
> > and there is no entry for newswww.bbc.net.uk.
> >
> > Care to try again?
> >
> > David A. Bandel
> 
> Huh?
> 
> $ dig newswww.bbc.net.uk
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> newswww.bbc.net.uk
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      newswww.bbc.net.uk, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> newswww.bbc.net.uk.     1m1s IN A       212.58.240.35
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> bbc.net.uk.             2h48m2s IN NS   ns0.thny.bbc.co.uk.
> bbc.net.uk.             2h48m2s IN NS   ns0.thdo.bbc.co.uk.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ns0.thny.bbc.co.uk.     8m56s IN A      38.160.150.20
> ns0.thdo.bbc.co.uk.     8m56s IN A      212.58.224.20
> 
> ;; Total query time: 12 msec
> ;; FROM: downstairs.thewunders.org to SERVER: default -- 68.34.76.5
> ;; WHEN: Wed Mar 13 19:54:05 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 36  rcvd:
> 
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