Does a.gtld-servers.net have a list of all .com domains?
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When I do , it quickly returns the nameservers for and the IP addresses for those nameservers (glue records). Does that mean (and ) have a record of all domains locally? They respond very quickly, so I don't think they're making a further query themselves. Similarly, a request for 's nameservers do…
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dig @a.gtld-servers.net example.com
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Fix for: Does a.gtld-servers.net have a list of all .com domains?
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Yes, the "x.gtld-servers.net" are the authoritative servers for the "com" top level domain, so they have all the "pointers" for the .com domains. You can see the nameservers for the TLD by running
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