Re: Domain Name NASA.COM

[Jon Lewis <jlewis () inorganic5 fdt net>]

On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Brian Behlendorf wrote:

> I think there's one very clear fact which shows that "nasa.com" was
> intended to be used for those mistyping the URL.  Remember that
> "www.jpl.nasa.gov" was the URL given out everywhere for the Mars missions.
>
> taz [1] nslookup
> Default Server:  localhost.hyperreal.com
> Address:  127.0.0.1
>
> > server 209.4.122.20                                           
> Default Server:  ns1.host.net
> Address:  209.4.122.20
>
> > www.jpl.nasa.com
> Server:  ns1.host.net
> Address:  209.4.122.20
>
> Name:    www.jpl.nasa.com
> Address:  209.4.122.102

It's a wildcard A record.

> ls -d nasa.com
[ns1.host.net]
 nasa.com.                      SOA   ns1.host.net root.host.net.
(1116285411 2147483647 2147483647 2147483647 2147483647)
 nasa.com.                      NS    ns1.host.net                  
 nasa.com.                      NS    ns2.host.net                  
 nasa.com.                      MX    5    user.host.net
 nasa.com..                      A     209.4.122.102
 www                            A     209.4.122.102
 irc                            CNAME irc.dal.net
 ns1                            A     209.4.122.20
 ns                             A     209.4.122.20
 *                              MX    5    user.host.net
 *                              A     209.4.122.102
 ns2                            A     209.4.122.30
 nasa.com.                      SOA   ns1.host.net root.host.net.
(1116285411 2147483647 2147483647 2147483647 2147483647)

> this.is.really.dumb.nasa.com
Server:  ns1.host.net
Address:  209.4.122.20

this.is.really.dumb.nasa.com    preference = 5, mail exchanger =
user.host.net
this.is.really.dumb.nasa.com    internet address = 209.4.122.102
nasa.com        nameserver = ns1.host.net
nasa.com        nameserver = ns2.host.net
user.host.net   internet address = 209.4.122.10
ns1.host.net    internet address = 209.4.122.20
ns2.host.net    internet address = 209.4.122.30


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