Re: [FreeDNS] Domain Registration Error

[Colin Alston <karnaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Jones wrote:
> Umm, the original question came from a guy in Oudtshoorn who complained that
> ZA NIC was rejecting his DNS servers (that's the place where he will host
> his WEB SITE, or forward from)  - which are valid, because I did a tracert
> and they exist.
>
> Some bright spark asked him why he didn't host his WEB SITE in South Africa.

Firstly one said anything about websites. I'm mearly speaking for the 
perspective of DNS hosting, which has nothing to do with "web sites" 
or whatever else. Secondly, you should find out who you're speaking to 
before preaching misinformation to them. You need to request the 
domain from the servers an look for an authoritative response to 
decide if they are 'valid'.

The reason his lookup fails currently, is because 
ns1.bestptrhosting.com and ns2.bestptrhosting.com do not respond to 
queries at all. On top of this, the answer section returned by the 
correct server (ns3.bestptrhosting.com, I'm assuming) lists only 
ns3.bestptrhosting.com as an NS for the zone when it should return ns3 
and ns4 as NS records for the zone. Basically, it's completely broken.

Any more questions?

--
Colin Alston <karnaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://www.karnaugh.za.net/

'CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are,
not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of
plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision. ' D

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