  GoD of KaOs Agent of KaOs
join:2001-01-29 Chatsworth, CA
1 edit | reply to ShadezeRO Re: Yay for level 3 DNS =]
said by ShadezeRO :Glad I switched to level3 DNS servers (4.2.2.*) . Never been down for me ever. Not sure how it is compared to OpenDNS though. If you're talking about 4.2.2.2,3,4 and so on, those are Verizon's DNS servers. But you're right their DNS servers never go down.
Now DHCP servers are another thing... |
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 jobr
join:2004-10-21 Halifax, NS | Er... no.
$ whois 4.2.2.1
OrgName: Level 3 Communications, Inc. [...] |
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  battleop
join:2005-09-28 00000
| Foward Lookup says Verizon, reverse says Level3.
[xxxxx@virtualhost031 ~]$ nslookup 4.2.2.2 Server: 192.168.101.69 Address: 192.168.101.69#53
Non-authoritative answer: 2.2.2.4.in-addr.arpa name = vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net.
Authoritative answers can be found from: 2.2.4.in-addr.arpa nameserver = dnsauth1.sys.gtei.net. 2.2.4.in-addr.arpa nameserver = dnsauth2.sys.gtei.net. 2.2.4.in-addr.arpa nameserver = dnsauth3.sys.gtei.net. dnsauth1.sys.gtei.net internet address = 4.2.49.2 dnsauth2.sys.gtei.net internet address = 4.2.49.3 dnsauth3.sys.gtei.net internet address = 4.2.49.4
Registrant: Verizon Trademark Services LLC (DOM-384172) 1320 North Court House Road Arlington VA 22201 US
Domain Name: gtei.net
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com Registrar Homepage: »www.markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact: Domain Administrator (NIC-14530206) Verizon Trademark Services LLC 1320 North Court House Road Arlington VA 22201 US domainlegalcontact@verizon.com +1.7033513164 Fax- +1.7033513669 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Domain Technician (NIC-14214643) Verizon 1320 North Court House Road Arlington VA 22201 US sysmgr@verizon.com +1.7033513164 Fax- +1.7033513669
Created on..............: 1997-Dec-10. Expires on..............: 2008-Dec-08. Record last updated on..: 2007-Aug-13 09:24:45.
Domain servers in listed order:
DNSAUTH1.SYS.GTEI.NET DNSAUTH2.SYS.GTEI.NET DNSAUTH3.SYS.GTEI.NET
[xxxxx@virtualhost01 ~]$ whois 4.2.2.2 [Querying whois.arin.net] [whois.arin.net]
OrgName: Level 3 Communications, Inc. OrgID: LVLT Address: 1025 Eldorado Blvd. City: Broomfield StateProv: CO PostalCode: 80021 Country: US
NetRange: 4.0.0.0 - 4.255.255.255 CIDR: 4.0.0.0/8 NetName: LVLT-ORG-4-8 NetHandle: NET-4-0-0-0-1 Parent: NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: NS1.LEVEL3.NET NameServer: NS2.LEVEL3.NET Comment: RegDate: Updated: 2004-06-04
OrgAbuseHandle: APL8-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Abuse POC LVLT OrgAbusePhone: +1-877-453-8353 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@level3.com
OrgTechHandle: ARINC4-ARIN OrgTechName: ARIN Contact OrgTechPhone: +1-800-436-8489 OrgTechEmail: arin-contact@genuity.com
OrgTechHandle: TPL1-ARIN OrgTechName: Tech POC LVLT OrgTechPhone: +1-877-453-8353 OrgTechEmail: ipaddressing@level3.com |
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 jobr
join:2004-10-21 Halifax, NS
| Oh, I think I see what happened here. The IP space 4.0.0.0/8 was once upon a time owned by BBNPlanet. GTE (which later became Verizon) bought BBNPlanet, renamed it Genuity and sold it to Level 3. Apparently there's a stale database somewhere and the rdns for those IP's is still assigned to GTE/Verizon.
If I were a Verizon DNS admin, I could think of some fun games to play here.  |
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