[Gllug] Official country code for Britain = GB or UK?
Tony Dunmore
tony at dunmore.org
Sun Apr 14 21:42:16 UTC 2002
.gb is frozen, and has been so for quite a few years IIRC:
[tony at portal tony]$ dig @ns0.ja.net gb axfr
; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @ns0.ja.net gb axfr
; (2 servers found)
$ORIGIN gb.
@ 4d4h IN SOA ns0.ja.net. operations.ja.net. (
2001020600 ; serial
4H ; refresh
30M ; retry
5w6d16h ; expiry
4d4h ) ; minimum
4d4h IN NS ns.eu.net.
4d4h IN NS ns.uu.net.
4d4h IN NS ns0.ja.net.
4d4h IN NS ns1.cs.ucl.ac.uk.
4d4h IN NS ns4.ja.net.
4d4h IN TXT "Domain names for United Kingdom
go under .uk"
4d4h IN TXT "For details see the web page
on: www.nic.uk"
4d4h IN TXT "This domain is frozen and will
be phased out"
dra.hmg 4d4h IN NS ns1.cs.ucl.ac.uk.
4d4h IN NS sun.mhs-relay.ac.uk.
4d4h IN NS relay.mod.uk.
@ 4d4h IN SOA ns0.ja.net. operations.ja.net. (
2001020600 ; serial
4H ; refresh
30M ; retry
5w6d16h ; expiry
4d4h ) ; minimum
;; Received 1 answer (13 records).
;; FROM: portal to SERVER: 128.86.1.20
;; WHEN: Sun Apr 14 21:14:33 2002
So actually it's frozen but contains one subdomain....
[tony at portal tony]$ dig @ns1.cs.ucl.ac.uk dra.hmg.gb axfr
; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @ns1.cs.ucl.ac.uk dra.hmg.gb axfr
; (1 server found)
$ORIGIN dra.hmg.gb.
@ 4d4h IN SOA ns1.cs.ucl.ac.uk.
liaison.ess.cs.ucl.ac.uk. (
200203131 ; serial
4H ; refresh
30M ; retry
5w6d16h ; expiry
4d4h ) ; minimum
4d4h IN NS ns1.cs.ucl.ac.uk.
4d4h IN NS relay.mod.uk.
4d4h IN NS sun.mhs-relay.ac.uk.
4d4h IN MX 10 relay.mod.uk.
4d4h IN MX 15 ess.cs.ucl.ac.uk.
atc 4d4h IN MX 20 relay.mod.uk.
www.space 4d4h IN A 146.80.11.143
hermes-mail 4d4h IN MX 10 hermes
banoi 4d4h IN A 192.5.28.70
dhakhan 4d4h IN A 192.5.28.42
dfhnet 4d4h IN MX 10 dfhnet
4d4h IN A 146.80.9.10
sec 4d4h IN MX 10 relay.mod.uk.
sncom1.scs 4d4h IN A 146.80.17.41
daedalus 4d4h IN A 192.5.28.40
yucca 4d4h IN A 146.80.9.82
zeus 4d4h IN MX 40 relay.mod.uk.
minotaur 4d4h IN MX 10 daedalus
caercn 4d4h IN MX 10 relay.mod.uk.
eden 4d4h IN MX 10 mail.eris.dera.gov.uk.
4d4h IN A 146.80.10.29
duckula 4d4h IN A 192.5.28.43
crewsys 4d4h IN MX 10 relay.mod.uk.
falcor 4d4h IN MX 10 relay.mod.uk.
4d4h IN A 146.80.11.70
horde 4d4h IN A 146.80.9.67
alba 4d4h IN MX 20 relay.mod.uk.
hermes 4d4h IN MX 10 relay.mod.uk.
4d4h IN MX 15 ess.cs.ucl.ac.uk.
4d4h IN A 146.80.9.16
merry 4d4h IN A 146.80.10.155
taz 4d4h IN MX 10 relay.mod.uk.
4d4h IN A 146.80.9.11
delos 4d4h IN A 146.80.9.105
shadow 4d4h IN A 146.80.9.65
signal 4d4h IN MX 10 signal
4d4h IN MX 15 relay.mod.uk.
4d4h IN A 146.80.9.20
black 4d4h IN A 146.80.117.20
phoenix 4d4h IN A 146.80.9.66
alchera 4d4h IN A 192.5.28.41
viper 4d4h IN MX 10 relay.mod.uk.
hydra 4d4h IN MX 10 mail.eris.dera.gov.uk.
4d4h IN MX 30 ns1.eris.dera.gov.uk.
www 4d4h IN CNAME funnel
rivers 4d4h IN MX 10 mail.eris.dera.gov.uk.
4d4h IN MX 30 ns1.eris.dera.gov.uk.
siwg 4d4h IN CNAME siwg.eris.dera.gov.uk.
loretta 4d4h IN A 192.5.29.71
funnel 4d4h IN A 146.80.9.80
pascal 4d4h IN MX 10 mail.eris.dera.gov.uk.
4d4h IN MX 20 relay.mod.uk.
trog 4d4h IN MX 10 dfhnet
4d4h IN A 146.80.9.44
nexos 4d4h IN MX 10 nexos
4d4h IN MX 11 mail.eris.dera.gov.uk.
4d4h IN A 192.5.29.240
ftp 4d4h IN CNAME yucca
horace 4d4h IN MX 10 relay.mod.uk.
icarus 4d4h IN MX 20 zig
suna 4d4h IN MX 10 relay.mod.uk.
sar 4d4h IN MX 10 ouse.qinetiq.com.
@ 4d4h IN SOA ns1.cs.ucl.ac.uk.
liaison.ess.cs.ucl.ac.uk. (
200203131 ; serial
4H ; refresh
30M ; retry
5w6d16h ; expiry
4d4h ) ; minimum
;; Received 64 answers (64 records).
;; FROM: portal to SERVER: 128.16.5.32
;; WHEN: Sun Apr 14 21:18:18 2002
[tony at portal tony]$
So there's at least 2 websites: http://www.dra.hmg.gb and
http://www.space.dra.hmg.gb
Cheers,
A.D.
(Tony Dunmore)
-----Original Message-----
From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk] On Behalf
Of E. R. Vaughan
Sent: 14 April 2002 20:32
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Official country code for Britain = GB or UK?
Does this mean that .gb domains are around the corner?
FWIW I think "Great Britain" is archaic...
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