I am sure I am dense - but I dont know why!!

[Vizion]

On Tuesday 31 May 2005 14:34,  the author Giorgos Keramidas contributed to the 
dialogue on-
 Re: I am sure I am dense - but I dont know why!!: 

>On 2005-05-31 12:08, Vizion <vizion at vizion.occoxmail.com> wrote:
>> Well I got the unknown host "ftp.freebsd.org" from:
>> # ncftp ftp.freebsd.org
>
>Does ftp.freebsd.org resolve *at* *all* using host(1) and dig(1)?
>
>$ host ftp.freebsd.org
>ftp.freebsd.org has address 204.152.184.73
>ftp.freebsd.org has address 62.243.72.50
>ftp.freebsd.org has IPv6 address 2001:4f8:0:2::e

Yes it sure does -- that is what is puzzling me
I get the same:

dns1# host ftp.freebsd.org
ftp.freebsd.org has address 204.152.184.73
ftp.freebsd.org has address 62.243.72.50
ftp.freebsd.org has IPv6 address 2001:4f8:0:2::e
dns1# dig ftp.freebsd.org

; <<>> DiG 9.3.0 <<>> ftp.freebsd.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11394
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 5

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ftp.freebsd.org.               IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ftp.freebsd.org.        111     IN      A       204.152.184.73
ftp.freebsd.org.        111     IN      A       62.243.72.50

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
freebsd.org.            1345    IN      NS      ns1.downloadtech.com.
freebsd.org.            1345    IN      NS      ns2.iafrica.com.
freebsd.org.            1345    IN      NS      ns2.downloadtech.com.
freebsd.org.            1345    IN      NS      ns0.freebsd.org.
freebsd.org.            1345    IN      NS      ns1.iafrica.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns0.freebsd.org.        135980  IN      A       216.136.204.126
ns1.iafrica.com.        20425   IN      A       196.7.0.139
ns1.downloadtech.com.   131042  IN      A       209.237.247.3
ns2.iafrica.com.        23120   IN      A       196.7.142.133
ns2.downloadtech.com.   131042  IN      A       209.237.247.2

;; Query time: 12 msec
;; SERVER: 68.4.16.30#53(68.4.16.30)
;; WHEN: Tue May 31 14:35:15 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 259

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