DNS delegation of facebook.co updated: Jun 20, 2013 11:21:19 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
facebook.co.
.
(f,j,g,i,l,h,b,d,e,m,a,c,k).root-servers.net.
2
facebook.co.
co.
(ns2,ns5,ns4,ns1,ns3,ns6).cctld.co.
3
facebook.co.
facebook.co.
(a,b).ns.facebook.com.
We pick f.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about facebook.co and learn that co is delegated to six name servers (2), so we ask ns2.cctld.co where we learn that facebook.co is delegated to two name servers, including a.ns.facebook.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer:
There are about ninety host names that point only to the IP number 173.252.110.27.
Most of those use name server group 1 (example: hsfacebook.com, facebook.com.tw and facebook.fr ). Worth noting is that one quarter of the domains that use name server group 1 point only to the IP number 173.252.110.27.
Two of them use mail server group 1.
The five name servers ns3.facebook.com, ns4.facebook.com, ns5.facebook.com, a.ns.facebook.com and b.…
Half of the about thirty domains that use name server group 2 point only to the IP number 69.171.233.18.