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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
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