<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Welcome to a the broken legacy of ancient home-grown DNS code and how difficult it is to “undo” bad decisions of the past.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In this case, the domain in question was registered with Enom who has historically supported CNAMEs at the apex. Its one of those things that makes sense to everybody outside the DNS technical community.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are actively working on a project to replace the existing legacy infrastructure and remediate the broken behavior. Its taking longer than we had hoped but its coming….</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If anybody comes across Enom, <a href="http://Name.com" class="">Name.com</a> or <a href="http://Rightside.co" class="">Rightside.co</a> related issues, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me.</div><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Wayne MacLaurin</div><div class="">CTO Rightside</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:wayne@rightside.co" class="">wayne@rightside.co</a></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 20, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Paul Vixie <<a href="mailto:paul@redbarn.org" class="">paul@redbarn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">it's not april 1. please stop.<br class=""><br class="">vixie<br class=""><br class="">re:<br class=""><br class="">$ dig @<a href="http://dns1.registrar-servers.com" class="">dns1.registrar-servers.com</a> +short <a href="http://thereitwas.com" class="">thereitwas.com</a> CNAME<br class=""><a href="http://thereitwas.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com" class="">thereitwas.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com</a>.<br class=""><br class="">$ dig +trace <a href="http://thereitwas.com" class="">thereitwas.com</a><br class=""><br class="">; <<>> DiG 9.8.2 <<>> +trace <a href="http://thereitwas.com" class="">thereitwas.com</a><br class="">;; global options: +cmd<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://h.root-servers.net" class="">h.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://k.root-servers.net" class="">k.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://g.root-servers.net" class="">g.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://d.root-servers.net" class="">d.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://f.root-servers.net" class="">f.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://j.root-servers.net" class="">j.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://m.root-servers.net" class="">m.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://e.root-servers.net" class="">e.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://b.root-servers.net" class="">b.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://l.root-servers.net" class="">l.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://i.root-servers.net" class="">i.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://c.root-servers.net" class="">c.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 74554 IN NS <a href="http://a.root-servers.net" class="">a.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">;; Received 509 bytes from 10.62.200.11#53(10.62.200.11) in 158 ms<br class=""><br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://k.gtld-servers.net" class="">k.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://c.gtld-servers.net" class="">c.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://g.gtld-servers.net" class="">g.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://i.gtld-servers.net" class="">i.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://a.gtld-servers.net" class="">a.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://e.gtld-servers.net" class="">e.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://h.gtld-servers.net" class="">h.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://f.gtld-servers.net" class="">f.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://b.gtld-servers.net" class="">b.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://l.gtld-servers.net" class="">l.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://d.gtld-servers.net" class="">d.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://j.gtld-servers.net" class="">j.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">com. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://m.gtld-servers.net" class="">m.gtld-servers.net</a>.<br class="">;; Received 492 bytes from 192.112.36.4#53(192.112.36.4) in 5253 ms<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://thereitwas.com" class="">thereitwas.com</a>. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://dns2.registrar-servers.com" class="">dns2.registrar-servers.com</a>.<br class=""><a href="http://thereitwas.com" class="">thereitwas.com</a>. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://dns1.registrar-servers.com" class="">dns1.registrar-servers.com</a>.<br class=""><a href="http://thereitwas.com" class="">thereitwas.com</a>. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://dns3.registrar-servers.com" class="">dns3.registrar-servers.com</a>.<br class=""><a href="http://thereitwas.com" class="">thereitwas.com</a>. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://dns4.registrar-servers.com" class="">dns4.registrar-servers.com</a>.<br class=""><a href="http://thereitwas.com" class="">thereitwas.com</a>. 172800 IN NS <a href="http://dns5.registrar-servers.com" class="">dns5.registrar-servers.com</a>.<br class="">;; Received 369 bytes from 192.55.83.30#53(192.55.83.30) in 432 ms<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://thereitwas.com" class="">thereitwas.com</a>. 60 IN CNAME <br class=""><a href="http://thereitwas.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com" class="">thereitwas.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://a.root-servers.net" class="">a.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://b.root-servers.net" class="">b.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://c.root-servers.net" class="">c.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://d.root-servers.net" class="">d.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://e.root-servers.net" class="">e.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://f.root-servers.net" class="">f.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://g.root-servers.net" class="">g.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://h.root-servers.net" class="">h.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://i.root-servers.net" class="">i.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://j.root-servers.net" class="">j.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://k.root-servers.net" class="">k.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://l.root-servers.net" class="">l.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">. 518400 IN NS <a href="http://m.root-servers.net" class="">m.root-servers.net</a>.<br class="">;; Received 303 bytes from 173.245.59.40#53(173.245.59.40) in 139 ms<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Paul Vixie<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">dns-operations mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:dns-operations@lists.dns-oarc.net" class="">dns-operations@lists.dns-oarc.net</a><br class="">https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-operations<br class="">dns-jobs mailing list<br class="">https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-jobs<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>