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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