[dns-operations] Important change for the .ga TLD 6th june 2023

[Puneet Sood]

Stephane,

Looks like google.ga is returning NXDOMAIN from the nic.fr servers.
Can you please check what could be wrong with the delegation info?

Thanks,
Puneet

$ dig @d.nic.fr google.ga

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @d.nic.fr google.ga
; (2 servers found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 55926
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.ga. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ga. 600 IN SOA a.nic.fr. dnsmaster.afnic.fr. 2222222484 3600 1800 3600000 600

;; Query time: 97 msec
;; SERVER: 2001:678:c::1#53(2001:678:c::1)
;; WHEN: Sun Jun 04 22:22:48 EDT 2023
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 100

On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 10:46 AM Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 09:28:24AM +0200,
>  Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr> wrote
>  a message of 56 lines which said:
>
> > The .ga TLD will change its mode of operation on 6th june 2023. The majority
> > of domain names, registered under disputable conditions, will be removed. Do
> > not be surprised if many domains will yield NXDOMAIN.
>
> Done in advance, this night (gabonese time).
>
> % check-soa -i ga
> d.nic.fr.
>         2001:678:c::1: OK: 2222222414 (6 ms)
>         194.0.9.1: OK: 2222222414 (14 ms)
> f.ext.nic.fr.
>         2001:67c:1010:11::53: OK: 2222222414 (17 ms)
>         194.146.106.46: OK: 2222222414 (19 ms)
> g.ext.nic.fr.
>         2001:678:4c::1: OK: 2222222414 (5 ms)
>         194.0.36.1: OK: 2222222414 (5 ms)
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