DNS: Re: Lets play with ICMP

From: Richard Archer <rha§interdomain.net.au> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:10:57 +1000 (EST) · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:03 UTC

At 0:59 -0000 4/2/98, Adam Todd wrote:

>Oh and incidently can you do a traceroute to the following address and post
>it for me please, then can you tell me what server was traced to:
>
>204.152.178.132

***ROFL***

$ nslookup 204.152.178.132
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Name:    a.root-server.net
Address:  204.152.178.132

$ whois root-server.net
[rs.internic.net]
Root Server, Inc. (ROOT-SERVER-DOM)
   1938 Hileman Road
   Falls Church, VA 22043

   Domain Name: ROOT-SERVER.NET

   Administrative Contact:
      Sylvester, B  (BS266)  Bills&#167;ROOT-SERVER.NET
      [No phone]
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Root Server, Inc.  (ROOT-ORG)  Bills&#167;Root-Server.Net
      [No phone]
   Billing Contact:
      Sylvester, B  (BS266)  Bills&#167;ROOT-SERVER.NET
      [No phone]

   Record last updated on 23-May-97.
   Record created on 28-Feb-95.
   Database last updated on 1-Apr-98 04:02:57 EST.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS1.EMKE.COM                 204.152.178.10
   PIERCE.ORG                   204.152.178.11

Now, let's compare this to a real one:

$ whois root-servers.net
[rs.internic.net]
Root Name Servers (ROOT-SERVERS-DOM)
   c/o Network Solutions, Inc.
   505 Huntmar Park Dr.
   Herndon, VA 22070

   Domain Name: ROOT-SERVERS.NET

   Administrative Contact:
      Internet Assigned Numbers Authority  (IANA)  iana&#167;iana.org
      (310) 822-1511
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Kosters, Mark A.  (MAK21)  markk&#167;NETSOL.COM
      (703) 925-6874 (FAX) (703) 742-5427

   Record last updated on 31-Dec-96.
   Record created on 04-Jul-95.
   Database last updated on 1-Apr-98 04:02:57 EST.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   RS0.INTERNIC.NET             198.41.0.5
   GW.HOME.VIX.COM              192.5.5.1
   NS.RIPE.NET                  193.0.0.193
   NS.ISI.EDU                   128.9.128.127

So, in the words of our would-be mentor:

At 2:12 -0000 4/2/98, Adam Todd wrote:
>
>Yet another point proven thanks to the help of the Public.