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During a discussion about uom.ac.mu Benoit Gentil noticed that the DNS nameservers for uom.ac.mu were incorrect.
The Whois record for uom.ac.mu is as follows:
Domain Name: uom.ac.mu
Domain ID: 63354-CoCCA
WHOIS Server:
Referral URL:
Updated Date: 2011-06-29T05:41:52.500Z
Creation Date: 1996-07-29T14:00:00.000Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2016-07-28T14:00:00.000Z
Sponsoring Registrar: Register.mu
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID:
Domain Status: ok
Registrant ID: 59969-CoCCA
Registrant Name: University of Mauritius
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: Royal Road
Registrant City: Reduit
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code:
Registrant Country: MU
Name Server: dns.uom.ac.mu
Name Server: dns1.intnet.mu
The DNS (domain name system) nameservers for uom.ac.mu are dns.uom.ac.mu and dns1.intnet.mu. dns.uom.ac.mu provided the following DNS reply in response to a query for the nameservers of uom.ac.mu:
;uom.ac.mu. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN NS dns-ext.uom.ac.mu.
uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN NS 202.123.2.6.
uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN NS 202.123.2.11.
uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN NS 8.8.8.8.
uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN NS 8.8.4.4.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
dns-ext.uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN A 202.60.7.7
202.123.2.6. 3600 IN A 202.123.2.6
202.123.2.11. 3600 IN A 202.123.2.11
8.8.8.8. 3600 IN A 8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4. 3600 IN A 8.8.4.4
And dns1.intnet.mu provided the following DNS reply:
;uom.ac.mu. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN NS 202.123.2.6.
uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN NS dns-ext.uom.ac.mu.
uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN NS 202.123.2.11.
uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN NS 8.8.8.8.
uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN NS 8.8.4.4.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
dns-ext.uom.ac.mu. 3600 IN A 202.60.7.7
The DNS configuration for uom.ac.mu is erroneous as it does not adhere to the DNS standards. Furthermore, Google Public DNS should not be used as an authoritative nameserver.
1. Google Public DNS