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From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: Embryonic connection to Nigeria??
Message-ID: <1990Oct23.055912.9531@spectrum.CMC.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 90 05:59:12 GMT
References: <5809@munnari.oz.au>
Organization: Rockwell CMC
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In article <5809@munnari.oz.au> news@cs.mu.oz.au (news) writes:
>From info-nets@think.com:
>From: kre@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Elz)
>Path: cs.mu.oz.au!kre

>    Non-authoritative answer:
>    ng	nameserver = TELECOM
>    ng	nameserver = NEXTSVR
>    ng	nameserver = MTECV1
>    Authoritative answers can be found from:
>    TELECOM	inet address = 132.254.1.11
>    NEXTSVR	inet address = 132.254.1.6
>    MTECV1	inet address = 131.178.1.1
>
>I've had exactly the same response from a query of "ZA" (South Africa).
>Something is clearly wrong with at least one of the root nameservers
>(not all of them return this trash).  I'd guess that there is a very
>bogus nameserver somewhere supplying bad data that's being picked up
>one, or more, of the root servers.

Following the reverse query path for 131.178.1.1 seems to point to
a horrible mess at UTEXAS.EDU. I wonder how long this junk will float
around even after it's been fixed.

-- 
/ Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer
  CMC Rockwell  lars@CMC.COM