DNS delegation of gulfyahoo.net updated: May 18, 2013 3:58:09 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
gulfyahoo.net.
.
(a,b,m,i,e,c,f,h,d,l,j,g,k).root-servers.net.
2
gulfyahoo.net.
net.
(j,f,k,b,l,h,d,g,e,i,c,a,m).gtld-servers.net.
3
gulfyahoo.net.
gulfyahoo.net.
(ns2,ns3,ns4,ns1,ns5).yahoo.com.
We pick a.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about gulfyahoo.net and learn that net is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask j.gtld-servers.net where we learn that gulfyahoo.net is delegated to five name servers, including ns2.yahoo.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer:
Gulfyahoo.net is a domain controlled by five domain name servers at yahoo.com. All five of them are on different IP networks. Incoming mail for gulfyahoo.net is handled by one mail server at .. We are missing the IP:s of one server: .. Gulfyahoo.net has two IP numbers (68.180.206.184, 98.139.102.145). Both are on different IP networks.
The five name servers ns1, ns2, ns3, ns4 and ns5.yahoo.com together
Three quarter of the several thousand of domains that use name server group 1 point to the two IP numbers 68.180.206.184 and 98.139.102.145 together, hereafter referred to as "IP group 1", (example: yahores.net, yahoolcans.com and yahoolguns.com ). Worth noting is that most of the host names that point to IP group 1 use name server group 1.
The mail server. Only
There are several thousand of domains that only use the mail server ..
