Bug 18327

Summary: /etc/namedb/named.root points to the wrong FTP server
Product: Base System Reporter: root <root>
Component: confAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 4.0-STABLE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description root 2000-05-01 20:20:00 UTC
	The comment in the file claims:
	;       This file is made available by InterNIC registration services
	;       under anonymous FTP as
	;           file                /domain/named.root
	;           on server           FTP.RS.INTERNIC.NET

	Such server is not even resolvable...

Fix: 

The correct name is, apparently, FTP.INTERNIC.NET, which does
	have the file available...
Comment 1 jedgar 2000-05-02 14:29:44 UTC
> 	The comment in the file claims:
> 	;       This file is made available by InterNIC registration services
> 	;       under anonymous FTP as
> 	;           file                /domain/named.root
> 	;           on server           FTP.RS.INTERNIC.NET
> 
> 	Such server is not even resolvable...
> 

FTP.RS.INTERNIC.NET is indeed resolvable:

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    RS.INTERNIC.NET
Address:  198.41.0.6
Aliases:  FTP.RS.INTERNIC.NET

> 	The correct name is, apparently, FTP.INTERNIC.NET, which does
> 	have the file available...
> 

As stated in named.root:

;       This file holds the information on root name servers needed to
;       initialize cache of Internet domain name servers

and would not be in FreeBSD's best interest to change any of the
information therein.  Perhaps you should let InterNIC know of your 
problems with their host/domain names.

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Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org
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Comment 2 Chris D.Faulhaber freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-05-02 22:08:32 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Originator reports the ftp server's hostname does appear to resolve now.