mail.isi.edu
DNS delegation of mail.isi.edu updated: May 24, 2013 2:11:10 PM
Delegation
step query auth servers
1 mail.isi.edu. . (e,h,i,c,d,g,f,a,b,l,k,m,j).root-servers.net. 2 mail.isi.edu. edu. (a,l,c,f,d,g).edu-servers.net. 3 mail.isi.edu. isi.edu. ns.east.isi.edu. ns.isi.edu. vapor.isi.edu. nitro.isi.edu. 4 vapor.isi.edu. isi.edu. ns.east.isi.edu. nitro.isi.edu. ns.isi.edu. vapor.isi.edu.
We pick e.root-servers.net , one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about mail.isi.edu and learn that edu is delegated to six name servers (2), so we ask a.edu-servers.net where we learn that isi.edu is delegated to four name servers, including ns.east.isi.edu (3), so we ask that one where we see a CNAME from mail.isi.edu to vapor.isi.edu , so we have to start all over again. We already know that ns.east.isi.edu is authoritative for isi.edu (4) and ask it about vapor.isi.edu and get the following answer:
Authoritative answer
net. edu. isi.edu. ns.isi.edu. mail.isi.edu. east.isi.edu. vapor.isi.edu. nitro.isi.edu. edu-servers.net. ns.east.isi.edu. root-servers.net. l.edu-servers.net. d.edu-servers.net. g.edu-servers.net. f.edu-servers.net. a.edu-servers.net. c.edu-servers.net. m.root-servers.net. a.root-servers.net. j.root-servers.net. h.root-servers.net. d.root-servers.net. i.root-servers.net. l.root-servers.net. k.root-servers.net. g.root-servers.net. f.root-servers.net. c.root-servers.net. b.root-servers.net. e.root-servers.net.
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whois isi.edu , isi.edu domain info api isi.edu The IP number 128.9.64.64 All of the three host names that point to the IP number 128.9.64.64 point only to that ip number.
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