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