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From article <1992Jul23.144712.547@ulowell.ulowell.edu>, by oneill@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian 'Doc' O'Neill):
> Has anyone else heard of this system? I'm getting tons of FTP connections
> from it.
> 
> The domain "pleasure.com" does not actually exist. The IP address used is
> 192.160.196.5, which is mapped to "pleasure.com". The IP address actually
> belong to InteleCom Data Systems (NET-NET-IDS-COM).
> 
> Isn't mapping to a false name against the rules?


nslookup on 192.160.196.5 tells me this is host  "pleasure.com", _and_
that authoritative answers can be found at  idsvax.ids.risc.net (155.212.1.2).

The "whois" database at nic.ddn.mil tells me that

  o risc.net is Rhode Island Internet Systems

  o idsvax.ids.risc.net is one of their nameservers

  o the _domain_ pleasure.com does not exist (or at least is not 
    registered with the NIC)


nslookup, using idsvax.ids.risc.net as the nameserver, tells me such
(typ=any, class=in):

pleasure.com   origin = pleasure.com
	mail addr = sysadmin.pleasure.com
	serial=1, refresh=7200, retry=7200, expire=12096000, min=86400
pleasure.com    nameserver = pleasure.com

Other info requests come up empty.

*Still*...  there _are_ vestiges of "pleasure.com" in nameserver(s), even
if a lookup of the name "pleasure.com" fails to resolve to an address.

Now, to the point.  What are the "rules" on domain names?  Aren't they
supposed to be registered, perhaps with _the_ NIC?   If risc.net acts
as a "local" registration agency, is it required to pass the domain
info "up the line"?  And what happens here is some other organization
_does_ attempt to register with nic.ddn.mil's HOSTMASTER?  Won't _some_
people get confusing/conflicting nameserver responses?

I'm probably just _very_ confused on this issue (which is why I'm asking),
but it all seems a little "off" to me.   Anyone care to "unconfuse" me?

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