On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Nuno Garcia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I am not sure I agree when you say the registry is in the US. Verisign is the Registry. They run "A" root-server and .com and .net They are in the US. If you want to disable a .com domain, you need to delete the zone for that domain from the .com database. It's like this: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>dig com. ngarcia.net @ a.gtld-servers.net. ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 640 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;com. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: com. 852 IN SOA a.gtld-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 1318353338 1800 900 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 156 msec ;; SERVER: 196.200.16.2#53(196.200.16.2) ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 11 20:16:58 2011 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 94 ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> com. ngarcia.net @a.gtld-servers.net. ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 348 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;ngarcia.net. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: ngarcia.net. 172800 IN NS ns25.domaincontrol.com. ngarcia.net. 172800 IN NS ns26.domaincontrol.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns25.domaincontrol.com. 172800 IN A 216.69.185.13 ns26.domaincontrol.com. 172800 IN A 208.109.255.13 ;; Query time: 562 msec ;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(192.5.6.30) ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 11 20:16:59 2011 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 116 -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel