[dns-operations] I missed the announcement: .ARPA has been deleted

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

At least, this is what Google Public DNS says:

% dig @8.8.8.8 NS arpa.

; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P3 <<>> @8.8.8.8 NS arpa.
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 48111
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;arpa.				IN	NS

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
arpa.			14387	IN	SOA	A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. 2010021100 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 17 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Fri Feb 12 15:54:17 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 109


Other TLDs are fine :-)