Re: two Mediterrean TLDs dropped!???

[Daniel Karrenberg <]

Message forwarded to action@localhost.
Calling them now.

  > Ruediger Volk rv@localhost writes:
  > Dear colleagues,
  > 
  > I'm surprised to find that the top level domain names CY and GR (for
  > Greece and Cyprus) have been dropped from the most recent root zone (Serial
  > 930927 as available by FTP from rs.InterNIC.net).
  > 
  > While all of the master servers for those TLDs - with the exception of
  > NS.EU.NET - seem still to carry those two zones, root server NS.INTERNIC.NE
  > T
  > does not delegate CY and GR anymore (see logs from checking with dig
  > and host below).
  > 
  > Checking the InterNIC whois shows that the TLD entries have been changed
  > yesterday;  probably that update sunk CY and GR as collateral damage:-)
  > 
  > Please correct the root zone immediately and take action to
  > have the broken zone replaced on all "infected" root servers.
  > As of the time of sending this message  serial 930927 had found it's way to
  > NS.INTERNIC.NET, C.NYSER.NET, TERP.UMD.EDU, NS.NASA.GOV, and NS.NIC.DDN.MIL
  > (AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL still has 930924, NIC.NORDU.NET is still at 930922,
  > and KAVA.NISC.SRI.COM is not responding).
  > 
  > Regards,
  >   Ruediger
  > 
  > 
  > Ruediger Volk
  > Universitaet Dortmund, Informatik IRB				DE-NIC
  > D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
  > 
  > E-Mail: rv@localhost
  > Phone:  +49 231 755 4760                 Fax:  +49 231 755 2386
  > 
  > 
  > ===========================================================================
  > =====
  > 
  > Cyprus (Republic of) top-level domain (CY-DOM)
  >    University of Cyprus
  >    75 Kallipoleos str
  >    Nicosia
  >    CYPRUS
  > 
  >    Domain Name: CY
  > 
  >    Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
  >       Stylianou, Agathoclis  (AS183)  agatho@localhost
  >       +02 366186
  > 
  >    Record last updated on 27-Sep-93.
  > 
  >    Domain servers in listed order:
  > 
  >    JUPITER.CCA.UCY.CY           193.92.92.33
  >    NICOSIA.CCS.UCY.CY           193.92.92.65
  >    PYTHIA.ICS.FORTH.GR          139.91.1.1
  >    NS.EU.NET                    192.16.202.11
  >    SUNIC.SUNET.SE               192.36.125.2, 192.36.148.18
  >    NS.UU.NET                    137.39.1.3
  >    ADM.BRL.MIL                  192.5.25.4, 192.5.21.30
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > ; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> @ns.InterNIC.net cy. any 
  > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY , status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10
  > ;; flags: qr aa ; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 0
  > ;; QUESTIONS: 
  > ;;      cy, type = ANY, class = IN
  > 
  > ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
  > .       86400   SOA     NS.INTERNIC.NET.  HOSTMASTER.INTERNIC.NET. (
  >                         930927  ;serial
  >                         10800   ;refresh
  >                         900     ;retry
  >                         604800  ;expire
  >                         86400 ) ;minim
  > 
  > 
  > ;; Sent 1 pkts, answer found in time: 200 msec 
  > ;; FROM: seins to SERVER: ns.InterNIC.net  198.41.0.4
  > ;; WHEN: Tue Sep 28 08:54:42 1993
  > ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 20  rcvd: 81
  > 
  > 
  > servers listed in 930924 were:
  > 	PYTHIA.ICS.FORTH.GR
  > 	NS.EU.NET
  > 	SUNIC.SUNET.SE
  > 	NS.UU.NET
  > 	ADM.BRL.MIL
  > 
  > The list of servers in the CY zone is different, and ALMOST matches the
  > new whois data [aos.brl.mil ./. ADM.BRL.MIL].
  > 
  > When I trick "host" into starting from a server that still has root(930924)
  > "host -C CY." lists:
  > 
  > CY                  	NS	PYTHIA.ICS.FORTH.GR
  > jupiter.cca.ucy.cy	kasenid.jupiter.cca.ucy	(20005 86400 14400 2592000 3456
  > 00)
  > CY                  	NS	NS.EU.NET
  > Nameserver NS.EU.NET not responding
  > CY SOA record not found, try again
  > CY                  	NS	SUNIC.SUNET.SE
  > jupiter.cca.ucy.cy	kasenid.jupiter.cca.ucy	(20005 86400 14400 2592000 3456
  > 00)
  > CY                  	NS	NS.UU.NET
  > jupiter.cca.ucy.cy	kasenid.jupiter.cca.ucy	(20005 86400 14400 2592000 3456
  > 00)
  > CY                  	NS	ADM.BRL.MIL
  > jupiter.cca.ucy.cy	kasenid.jupiter.cca.ucy	(20005 86400 14400 2592000 3456
  > 00)
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > Greece (Hellenic Republic) top-level domain (GR-DOM)
  >    Insitute of Computer Science
  >    P.O. Box 1385
  >    71110 Heraklio, Crete
  >    GREECE
  > 
  >    Domain Name: GR
  > 
  >    Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
  >       Sartzetakis, Stelios  (SS241)  stelios@localhost
  >       +30 81 221171
  > 
  >    Record last updated on 27-Sep-93.
  > 
  >    Domain servers in listed order:
  > 
  >    PYTHIA.ICS.FORTH.GR		139.91.1.1
  >    TERPSI.CSI.FORTH.GR		139.91.1.17
  >    LESVOS.CSI.FORTH.GR		147.52.33.9
  >    NS.EU.NET			192.16.202.11
  >    NS.UU.NET			137.39.1.3
  >    SUNIC.SUNET.SE		192.36.125.2, 192.36.148.18
  >    AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL		128.63.4.82, 192.5.25.82
  > 
  >    Top Level domain for the Hellenic Republic
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > ; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> @ns.InterNIC.net gr. any 
  > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY , status: NOERROR, id: 10
  > ;; flags: qr aa ; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 0, Addit: 0
  > ;; QUESTIONS: 
  > ;;      gr, type = ANY, class = IN
  > 
  > ;; Sent 1 pkts, answer found in time: 340 msec 
  > ;; FROM: seins to SERVER: ns.InterNIC.net  198.41.0.4
  > ;; WHEN: Tue Sep 28 08:53:34 1993
  > ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 20  rcvd: 20
  > 
  > servers listed in 930924 were:
  >         PYTHIA.ICS.FORTH.GR
  >         NS.EU.NET
  >         NS.UU.NET
  >         SUNIC.SUNET.SE
  >         AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL
  > 
  > The list of servers in the GR zone is different, and ALMOST matches the
  > new whois data [aos.brl.mil ./. AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL].
  > 
  > When I trick "host" into starting from a server that still has root(930924)
  > "host -C GR." lists:
  > 
  > GR                  	NS	PYTHIA.ICS.FORTH.GR
  > pythia.csi.forth.gr	stelios.nic.csi.forth.gr	(20008 86400 7200 25920
  > 00 345600)
  > GR                  	NS	NS.EU.NET
  > Nameserver NS.EU.NET not responding
  > GR SOA record not found, try again
  > GR                  	NS	NS.UU.NET
  > pythia.csi.forth.gr	stelios.nic.csi.forth.gr	(20008 86400 7200 25920
  > 00 345600)
  > GR                  	NS	SUNIC.SUNET.SE
  > pythia.csi.forth.gr	stelios.nic.csi.forth.gr	(20008 86400 7200 25920
  > 00 345600)
  > GR                  	NS	AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL
  > pythia.csi.forth.gr	stelios.nic.csi.forth.gr	(20008 86400 7200 25920
  > 00 345600)