[dns-operations] "dig +trace 45.213.6.71.in-addr.arpa in ptr" (BAD REFERRAL)

[Edward Lewis]

At 1:16 +0000 3/22/07, Paul Vixie wrote:
>there was a time when i knew who, specifically, to report stuff like this to.
>(i hope it's not myself.)
>

"Doc, it hurts when I do this." "Stop doing that."

It looks to me like the two servers referred to by ARIN are 
misconfigured or something.

#> dig 213.6.71.in-addr.arpa. soa @DNS[12].NAME-SERVICES.COM. +norec
#
#;; QUERY SECTION:
#;;      213.6.71.in-addr.arpa, type = SOA, class = IN
#
#;; ANSWER SECTION:
#in-addr.arpa.           4W IN SOA       dns1.name-services.com. ...

ARIN has a policy for dealing with lame delegations.  Paul - as a BoT 
member of ARIN - maybe the report is to yourself. ;)
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