# Microsoft rules . ?


Okay, I could not find this in the
[specs](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1035.txt), but I do find 
this fishy. When querying a Windows DNS server it will give
out an authoritative answer (aa bit set), but *without* an
AUTHORITY section.

    dig +nocmd +noidentify +multiline @ns5.msft.net. soa hotmail.com

    ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
    ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;hotmail.com.	IN SOA

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    hotmail.com.	86400 IN SOA ns1.msft.net. msnhst.microsoft.com. (
			    2009100802 ; serial
			    1800       ; refresh (30 minutes)
			    900        ; retry (15 minutes)
			    2419200    ; expire (4 weeks)
			    3600       ; minimum (1 hour)
			    )

    ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
    ns1.msft.net.	3600 IN	A 65.55.37.62

And it gets worse:

    dig +nocmd +noidentify +multiline @ns5.msft.net. soa miek.nl   

    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35647
    ; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
    ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;miek.nl.		IN SOA

    ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
    .			3600 IN	SOA ns1.msft.net. msnhst.microsoft.com. (
			    2009071743 ; serial
			    900        ; refresh (15 minutes)
			    600        ; retry (10 minutes)
			    86400      ; expire (1 day)
			    3600       ; minimum (1 hour)
			    )

    ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
    ns1.msft.net.		3600 IN	A 65.55.37.62

WTF?? MS rules the internet and is authoritative for `.` ?