DNS problem from hell: mysterious bad host information
Jim Reid
jim at rfc1035.com
Thu Jan 4 00:29:36 UTC 2001
>>>>> "Paul" == gillingwater <gillingwater at my-deja.com> writes:
Paul> I'm starting to wonder what's going on. I've worked with
Paul> DNS servers for over 8 years, so I thought I knew about DNS
Paul> a little, but this one has me stumped.
Paul> I registered my domain LANIFEX.COM through
Paul> www.Firstdomain.Net. Nice service. Here's the WHOIS
Paul> My problem is the Web server I defined. When I use NSLOOKUP
Paul> on both DNS servers, I get the expected (correct) results:
Paul> The problem is that sometimes, www.lanifex.com points to the
Paul> OLD address, which I removed from my DNS months ago. I have
Paul> no idea where the old, bad information is coming from, and
Paul> would be gateful if a kind Netizen could help an aging UNIX
Paul> sysadmin to gain his self-respect by tracking down this
Paul> embarrassing problem. :-)
There's an A record for www.lanifex.com in the .com zone:
% dig @a.root-servers.net www.lanifex.com any
...;
; ANSWER SECTION:
www.lanifex.com. 2D IN A 195.58.165.122
Presumably it was added as glue for some zone. You'll need to contact
Network Solutions to get this fixed. There's a "Change Host" form on
their web site. I can't be bothered looking for the URL, so just click
on the "make changes" button and you should find the form from there.
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