Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:23:32 +1000 From: Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> To: "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, ahl@austclear.com.au Subject: Re: *.example.net Message-ID: <200104270423.OAA27326@tungsten.austclear.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from "Christopher Leigh" <clcont@gmx.net> of "Fri, 26 Oct 2001 23:13:23 EST." <004401c15e9d$b8af57e0$0101a8c0@contrec>
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clcont@gmx.net said: > ok. uhm. just wondering... i read somewhere that example.net is > reserved because it's the example domain in the documentation... > is this true? > i can't remember where i read it. What, you mean like: nameserver# dig ns example.net ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> ns example.net ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; example.net, type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: example.net. 1d5h17m22s IN NS VENERA.ISI.EDU. example.net. 1d5h17m22s IN NS NS.ISI.EDU. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: VENERA.ISI.EDU. 1d20h12m28s IN A 128.9.176.32 NS.ISI.EDU. 8h53m10s IN A 128.9.128.127 ;; Total query time: 164 msec ;; FROM: nameserver.austclear.com.au to SERVER: default -- 192.168.128.177 ;; WHEN: Fri Apr 27 14:21:16 2001 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 29 rcvd: 106 I don't know about "reserved", but it certainly appears to be registered... Tony -- Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> Senior Network Engineer Ph: +61 3 9677 9319 Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd Fax: +61 3 9677 9355 Level 4, Rialto North Tower 525 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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