DNS Problem

[Willi Huber <]

Dear all,

there seems to be a DNS problem regarding the root name servers. We
(that means the ch top-level DNS server) has picked up several times
now a false A record for E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. The address picked up is binary
zero. A restart only helps for a short time. Other top-level DNS servers
contain the false entry as well.

Regards,

Willi Huber
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scsnms WH[56]> dig . ns

; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> . ns
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 9, Auth: 9, Addit: 12
;; QUESTIONS:
;;      ., type = NS, class = IN

;; ANSWERS:
.       517541  NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.

;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
.       517541  NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.       517541  NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     516170  A       192.203.230.10
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     209885  A
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     517979  A       192.36.148.17
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     515737  A       39.13.229.241
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     162707  A       192.5.5.241
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     515737  A       192.112.36.4
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     81336   A       192.192.4.56
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     516170  A       198.41.0.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     516170  A       128.63.2.53
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     516170  A       128.9.0.107
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     515737  A       192.33.4.12
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     557160  A       128.8.10.90

;; FROM: scsnms to SERVER: default -- 127.0.0.1
;; WHEN: Mon Sep 11 11:31:53 1995
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 17  rcvd: 473