> I've seen this once before when one of the root DNS servers went awry.
> However, at least two of the bounce sites contacted me by phone to say
> that they had failed to renew their domain registry with the NIC and
> their domains were down all day (by DNS resolution).  Perhaps just a
> co-incidence, but in case it's relevant, thought I'd mention it.
>
> Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>

FYI:

Date:     Fri, 14 Feb 97 0:44:50 EST
From: "James L. Fielding" <[log in to unmask]>
To: John Hanley <[log in to unmask]>
cc: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
Subject:  Re:  h.root-servers.net broken
Organization:  US Army Research Laboratory
Message-ID:  <[log in to unmask]>
Sender: [log in to unmask]

All,

   The problem on h.root-servers.net is fixed. Temporarily lost the COM
zone. Situation Normal: All Fixed Up. :-) Thanks for reporting the problem.
If you have any more problems, please report them to our operations staff
at (410)278-6829 or (410)278-6642. They'll contact me at home.

                                       James Fielding
                                       <[log in to unmask]>