I have a Ghost ip that won't die

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> 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