Hi Lucien

That record in Verisign GRS's whois (the .com & .net registry) simply means
that someone (from or through Dotster) has created a simple text record
(without an IP address) in that registry for a nameserver called gov.au.
 This record has absolutely no impact on the functioning of the DNS itself
however, as requests for this server would always be routed through the
.au authortative nameservers.

rgds
jon


>-- Original Message --
>Reply-To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:31:00 +1100
>To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>From: Lucian Daniel Kafka <luci&#167;conexim.com.au>
>Subject: Re: [DNS] Accredited?
>
>
>At 09:08 PM 16/01/2003 +1100, you wrote:
>>itself, as well as from ns1.ausregistry.net.  Check for yourself, but
>>here are my results.  Are all the authoritative servers for *(?).gov.au
>>really not redundant outside ausregistry's scope?  It seems that one of
>>these four servers is likely to be on a different network, but hmmm?
>
>
>During the downtime, the ausregistry domain itself could not be looked
up.
>
>Maybe this has something to do with the name servers on an ausregistry

>domain not being resolvable.
>
>Also, not sure why the whois shows:
>
># whois gov.au
>
>[whois.crsnic.net]
>
>
>Whois Server Version 1.3
>
>Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
>with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
>for detailed information.
>
>    Server Name: GOV.AU
>    Registrar: DOTSTER, INC.
>    Whois Server: whois.dotster.com
>    Referral URL: http://www.dotster.com/help/whois
>
>
> >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:12:28 EST <<<
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Lucian Kafka
>www.conexim.com.au
>
>
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