Lame DNS information

Summary

The APNIC secretariat identifies lame DNS name servers for in-addr.arpa delegations associated with address blocks allocated, assigned or administered by APNIC. Upon identification of a lame delegation, APNIC will attempt to contact the persons responsible for that resource. The contact process will follow at least this sequence until the lame delegation is repaired:

Email the admin-c and tech-c contacts associated with the in-addr.arpa delegation in the APNIC Whois Database.

Telephone the admin-c and tech-c associated with the whois records.

After attempting to contact the domain holder and confirming that the lame delegation persists for a minimum of 45 days after first being declared lame, APNIC will update the resource record with a text marker including:

This marker will identify the DNS delegation as "administratively blocked" and will cause the delegation to be withdrawn.

The marker may be removed by the domain holders at any time, using normal APNIC Whois Database procedures.

While the delegation remains blocked, APNIC will send monthly email reminders to each admin-c and tech-c.

For a more detailed discussion of this policy, please see:

A list of those reverse delegations currently identified as lame is available at:

For more information, please see: