two Mediterrean TLDs dropped!???

Tue Sep 28 10:02:41 CET 1993

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.NET
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 at Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE
Phone:  +49 231 755 4760                 Fax:  +49 231 755 2386

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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 at CYEARN.BITNET
      +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 345600)
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 345600)
CY                  	NS	NS.UU.NET
jupiter.cca.ucy.cy	kasenid.jupiter.cca.ucy	(20005 86400 14400 2592000 345600)
CY                  	NS	ADM.BRL.MIL
jupiter.cca.ucy.cy	kasenid.jupiter.cca.ucy	(20005 86400 14400 2592000 345600)

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 at CSI.FORTH.GR
      +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 2592000 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 2592000 345600)
GR                  	NS	SUNIC.SUNET.SE
pythia.csi.forth.gr	stelios.nic.csi.forth.gr	(20008 86400 7200 2592000 345600)
GR                  	NS	AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL
pythia.csi.forth.gr	stelios.nic.csi.forth.gr	(20008 86400 7200 2592000 345600)