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Re: Yay for level 3 DNS =]

said by ShadezeRO See Profile :

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...
jobr

join:2004-10-21
Halifax, NS

Re: Yay for level 3 DNS =]

Er... no.

$ whois 4.2.2.1

OrgName: Level 3 Communications, Inc.
[...]

battleop

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Re: Yay for level 3 DNS =]

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
jobr

join:2004-10-21
Halifax, NS

Re: Yay for level 3 DNS =]

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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