Stuck glue records in the GTLD servers??

Milo Hyson milo at cyberlifelabs.com
Mon Dec 15 23:37:44 UTC 2008


I'm seeing what looks like a stuck glue record in the GTLD servers and  
I'm hoping I've just overlooked something simple. There are several  
domains which list the following as their nameservers:

	ns.netdentalcare.com
	ns2.netdentalcare.com

The zone for these (netdentalcare.com) was moved to a new ISP several  
days ago. The new servers are properly resolving the names and the old  
servers no longer are. Unfortunately, nobody can seem to resolve these  
names unless they directly ask the new servers. Upon investigation, I  
discovered the GTLD servers seem to be holding onto a stale glue  
record for the zone's prior server:

 > ns.netdentalcare.com.
Server:		h.gtld-servers.net.
Address:	192.54.112.30#53

------------
     QUESTIONS:
	ns.netdentalcare.com, type = A, class = IN
     ANSWERS:
     ->  ns.netdentalcare.com
	internet address = 64.84.39.197
     AUTHORITY RECORDS:
     ->  netdentalcare.com
	nameserver = ns1.idaserver.com.
     ->  netdentalcare.com
	nameserver = ns2.idaserver.com.
     ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
     ->  ns1.idaserver.com
	internet address = 207.178.132.75
     ->  ns2.idaserver.com
	internet address = 207.178.132.76
------------
Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	ns.netdentalcare.com
Address: 64.84.39.197

I assumed this would have timed-out after two-days, but it hasn't.  
Nobody is resolving the name to that address anymore. I checked the  
old zone file to ensure it didn't have a long TTL and it didn't  
(86,400 seconds).

If anybody has any insight into this issue it would be greatly  
appreciated.

--
Milo Hyson
Chief Scientist
CyberLife Labs




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