On 24 May 2014, at 23:55, David Conrad <drc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * Section 1, 2nd paragraph: > > They currently also serve the root- > servers.net zone and the zone for the .arpa top-level > domain[ARPAZONE]. > > The "J" root server does not serve .ARPA. The J-Root server does serve ARPA. There was a time when all servers but J served IN-ADDR.ARPA, which is perhaps what you are remembering. Today, none of the root servers serve IN-ADDR.ARPA. [walrus:~]% dig @J.root-servers.net arpa soa +norec ; <<>> DiG 9.9.5 <<>> @J.root-servers.net arpa soa +norec ; (2 servers found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2202 ;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 12, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;arpa. IN SOA ;; ANSWER SECTION: arpa. 86400 IN SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2014052700 1800 900 604800 86400 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: arpa. 518400 IN NS a.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS b.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS c.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS d.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS e.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS f.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS g.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS h.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS i.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS k.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS l.root-servers.net. arpa. 518400 IN NS m.root-servers.net. ;; Query time: 292 msec ;; SERVER: 2001:503:c27::2:30#53(2001:503:c27::2:30) ;; WHEN: Tue May 27 15:26:05 EAT 2014 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 299 [walrus:~]% Joe
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