Websites switching homepages!

[Gregory Hicks]

> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> From: "Glorywest" <webdesign7 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Websites switching homepages!
> Date: 18 Apr 2005 08:05:42 -0700
> 
> The site www.spencersmountain.org periodically shows a different home
> page. The home page that occasionally pops up is the site
> www.magdrl-nova.org. The two sites switch home pages! When this other
> home page pops in, it is just html, no graphics, no css. There is no
> uploading to the site with the wrong page. We have looked through the
> code, looked through the pages on the site and cannot figure out how a
> ifferent home page could appear occasionally. I thought someone has to

They both seem to have the same IP address...

(I realize that nslookup has some 'issues', but for a really quick and dirty..., 
it works.)

cds2% nslookup www.spencersmountain.org
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    www.spencersmountain.org
Address:  66.160.69.234

cds2% nslookup www.magdrl-nova.org.
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    www.magdrl-nova.org
Address:  66.160.69.234


> be uploading or there has to be code somewhere calling up this html
> file, but then I can't find the file on the site or a keyword that
> would be on the mystery page in any of the pages. We do not do any work
> 
> on this site ourselves. The client does all the maintenance.
> 
> Ever heard of anything like this? Any ideas what might be happening?
> The client is using FrontPage to create the pages. The sites were on
> the same server, a Win2k machine. We just moved the dog site to a
> different server and it is still happening, plus both sites have
> switched home pages. This happens intermitently then the right pages
> are back up with graphics etc. The moment I see it I log in and check
> the files and there is no sign of the index.cfm file appearing on the
> site in the files that I see on the web server. We have checked the DNS
> settings backwards and forwards. I thought moving the dog site to
> another server here might eliminate the problem. But it didn't. Could
> we be missing something in the DNS settings? I am not the network admin
> obviously, but I will pass any info on to them.  Any insight will be
> much appreciated.
> 
> 

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