I have a Ghost ip that won't die
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Fri Apr 26 02:32:59 UTC 2002
>
> I have an old domain that will not go away.
>
> I used to own the domain www.patentwatcher.org . I let it expire in
> March, but nslookups still have at my old ip address.
>
> I was having it point to the ip address of my cable modem. I hosted
> the DNS on my own server behind the cable modem. About last October
> my IP address changed from 24.31.248.112 to something else. I updated
> my DNS record. patentwatcher.org would resolve to the correct ip, but
> www.patentwatcher.org would not. My own server was the only machine
> that would resolve www.patentwatcher.org to the correct ip. I did
> nslookups against dozens of servers and they always showed the old ip.
> I eventually just let the domain name expire.
>
> Now 8 months after I changed the DNS record and 2 months after the
> domain name has expired, nslookup shows that www.patentwatcher.org as
> being 24.31.248.112. It is not just my cable provider. I have tried
> nslookup against many different dns servers and they all say the same
> thing.
>
> Can anyone explain what is happening?
>
> thanks
> chad
>
It's registered as a nameserver. Fix / delete the host record
via the listed registrar.
Mark
; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.patentwatcher.org @a.gtld-servers.net
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 13
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; www.patentwatcher.org, type = A, class = IN
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.patentwatcher.org. 2D IN A 24.31.248.112
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
org. 6D IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
org. 6D IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.5.6.30
G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.42.93.30
H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.54.112.30
C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.26.92.30
I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.43.172.30
B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.33.14.30
D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.31.80.30
L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.41.162.30
F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.35.51.30
J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 210.132.100.101
K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 213.177.194.5
E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.12.94.30
M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 6D IN A 192.55.83.30
;; Total query time: 337 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: a.gtld-servers.net 192.5.6.30
;; WHEN: Fri Apr 26 12:28:27 2002
;; MSG SIZE sent: 39 rcvd: 487
% whois www.patentwatcher.org
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
Server Name: WWW.PATENTWATCHER.ORG
IP Address: 24.31.248.112
Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.register.com
Referral URL: http://www.register.com
>>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:58:05 EDT <<<
The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and
Registrars.
No match for "www.patentwatcher.org".
Get your domain name at http://www.register.com
%
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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at isc.org
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