I think I better pass this on to my full time nerd(sys admin) for a
response Kim stay tuned.
Rod


Kim Davies wrote:
> Quoting Rod Keys on Saturday October 11, 2008:
> | 
> | This tool has been implemented quickly to assist name server operators.
> | It may have problems as it has not been thoroughly tested, so you should
> | also perform your own tests and use this only as a guide. We appreciate
> | any comments or bug reports on this tool ? please drop a note to
> | iana§iana.org. Port entropy results provided by DNS-OARC.Kim,
> | Read the notes!
>
> I know what the notes say, I wrote the tool. But in case there was
> any doubt it can easily be verified independently that one of the
> authorities provides recursive name service:
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.4.2-P2 <<>> +recurse example.com &#167;ns9.quick.net.au
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 27990
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;example.com.                   IN      A
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> example.com.            172800  IN      A       208.77.188.166
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> example.com.            172800  IN      NS      a.iana-servers.net.
> example.com.            172800  IN      NS      b.iana-servers.net.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> a.iana-servers.net.     17557   IN      A       192.0.34.43
>
> ;; Query time: 685 msec
> ;; SERVER: 210.9.33.77#53(210.9.33.77)
> ;; WHEN: Fri Oct 10 18:04:46 2008
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 109
>
> kim
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