Discuss mailing list

[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

Of course the moment I send this email, I finally locate the previous 
discussion.  From August 15, 2025:
----------
ns3.opennic.glue    (neo)    Disabled in 2019
ns11.opennic.glue    (o)    Last responded April 2024
ns12.opennic.glue    (cyb)    Last responded June 2020
ns13.opennic.glue    (epic)    Last responded October 2023
ns14.opennic.glue    (chan)    Online but no longer serving Opennic data 
(last pass was Jun 2024)

Additionally NS5 and NS9 are unresponsive, but do not serve any TLDs 
(possibly should be removed then?)

I have also heard that the admin of .null/.oz has not been responding to 
requests for new TLDs even though their server is still operational.
----------


On 4/16/26 14:28, Jeff Taylor wrote:
> We started discussing the T1 servers before, I don't remember if there 
> had been any specific resolutions so I thought I'd start a new thread 
> to keep the issues separate.
>
> NS5: Offline since April 7, 2024.  Does not host any TLDs
>
> NS10: Failing NULL and OZ since Jan 29, 2026.  Hosts NULL and OZ.
> (Does not seem to respond at all to NULL queries, occasionally 
> responds to OZ queries)
> NULL zone is 601 lines long: 3 A records, 585 NS records.  Serial 
> 2025124686
> OZ zone is 615  lines long: 3 A records is 599 NS records.  Serial 
> 2025124709
>
> NS12: Offline since June 9, 2020.  Hosts the CYB zone.
> CYB zone is 485 lines long: 180 A records, 62 NS records.  Serial 
> 1576030081
>
> NS13: offline since October 23, 2023.  Hosts the EPIC zone
> EPIC zone is 1-74 lines long: 418 A records, 191 NS records. Serial 
> 3603527043
>
> NS14: failing since June 2024.  Hosts the CHAN zone
> I believe the admin of that server responded, but it doesn't appear 
> that any updates have been made.  The server is refusing all queries.
> CHAN zone is 1364 lines long: 550 A records, 189 NS records. Serial 
> 1556853233
>
> My recommendation is to disable all of these for now until they can be 
> fixed or deleted.  The TLD zones would continue to be hosted by the 
> operational servers just like they are doing now, however it would 
> prevent the server from being listed as a DNS source and testing would 
> stop on these machines (meaning they wouldn't automatically be brought 
> back to online status until the admin lets us know they are 
> operational again).  The servers would no longer be listed on the 
> reports page, and would only appear on the servers page to people who 
> logged in.  The admin of each machine can log in to the servers page 
> and reactivate their machine whenever they are ready.
>
> Any thoughts?  Any further discussion?  I don't think this is 
> something we need to vote on since it's more of an administrative 
> change, but open discussion is still encouraged.  If there is no 
> communication from any of the admins, then we will start new threads 
> on the fate of each of the TLDs.
>
>
> --------
> You are a member of the OpenNIC Discuss list.
> You may unsubscribe by emailing discuss-unsubscribe AT lists.opennicproject.org