More backround: Interesting problem.

[Chip Old]

Clue:  When I do a query of type "any" for dossmarketing.com, the root
name servers all correctly point to the gtld name servers.  All the gtld
name servers correctly point to the Verio name servers.  However they also
return an "A" record for the old 207.53.161.99 IP address.  Very strange.

Clue:  A query to whois.internic.net turns up two records for
dossmarketing.com:

   Server Name: DOSSMARKETING.COM
   IP Address: 207.53.161.99
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
   Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com

   Domain Name: DOSSMARKETING.COM
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
   Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
   Name Server: S.NS.VERIO.NET
   Name Server: A.NS.VERIO.NET
   Updated Date: 25-mar-2001

That first record is for a name server called "dossmarketing.com" at the
old 207.53.161.99 address.  A query to whois.networksolutions.com confirms
that.  There's your problem.  NSI still has a host record for a name
server called "dossmarketing.com" at 207.53.161.99.  My bet is that if you
can get NSI to delete that record, and once the record is purged from
the gtld servers, the problem will go away.

Now I need to figure out why even after clearing cache on all three of my
own name servers, two of them consistantly return this:

  dossmarketing.com             A     167794  207.53.161.99

While my third name server consistantly returns this:

  dossmarketing.com             A     81994   204.203.53.197

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, nicolew at icehouse.net wrote to Bind Users List:

> Alright so, here's the whole boring story:
>
> The domain is dossmarketing.com. The current ip shows as
> 207.53.161.99. The existing registration points to Verio's name
> servers a.ns.verio.com and t.ns.verio.com (I believe).
>
> Originally, dossmarketing.com moved from CCNETs to Icehouse when
> CCNETs closed up and moved out of the country. I made the appropriate
> changes with NSI to point to ns0.icehouse.net and ns1.icehouse.net. I
> figured everything would be alright because I do this serveral times
> over on an almost daily basis. Well, a week into the change, my dns
> has been updated, and NSI shows the appropriate changes to
> Icehouse....but lookups yield a response that 207.53.161.99 is the ip
> address when it SHOULD be 204.203.53.197. Which is a valid ip within
> my assigned classes.
>
> So, I worked with Verio because I could not contact anyone with CCNETs
> to make sure that they weren't still broadcasting and we were getting
> conflicts. Verio assured me that the classes assigned to CCNETs had
> been confiscated since December of 2000. This process began in early
> February. So, they swipped the class as a final measure. Well, weeks
> went by, STILL, the ip did not update.  However, all lookups yielded
> the results of the appropriate mx and name servers.
>
> So, then, after consulting with a Verio tech it was decided to move
> the registration to Verio to see if we could override any existing
> broadcasts. In mid-March we moved from ns0.icehouse.net and
> ns1.icehouse.net to b.ns.verio.com and s.ns.verio.com. And, as it
> turned out, they asked me to swap over to a.ns.verio.com and
> t.ns.verio.com and they would forward the information appropriately.
>
> Which leaves us to the present. Where we have name servers showing
> correctly, and an mx record showing correctly, but that same ol' ip
> address that they've had since day one....which is now being used as a
> testing server at Verio.
>
> I've spent countless hours in the offices of Verio and IEA (both are
> in the vicinity of my office in Spokane), and still nothing. Which is
> why I bring this bizzare tale to the world.
>
> Hopefully that answers some questions. I would even be thrilled if
> this wasn't enough and someone wanted to call my office for more
> information. I'm losing a bit of sanity over this, and I'm working
> with customers who think I have control of the world.

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Chip Old (Francis E. Old)               E-Mail:  fold at bcpl.net
Manager, BCPL Network Services          Voice:   410-887-6180
Manager, BCPL.NET Internet Services     FAX:     410-887-2091
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