On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 11:04:06AM -0700, John Jones wrote: > > Okay, I am getting frustrated again. My apologies. I am seeing > confirmation of what Robert K. just saw on SamSpade. I simply posted > the wrong thing. See below. > > [legion:~] host www.essentialserver.com > www.essentialserver.com A 207.219.3.100 > > [legion:~] host essentialserver.com > essentialserver.com A 66.38.133.116 > > Now, given the zone file that I posted to the list in an earlier > email... I am still lost. I have no idea where this 207 address is > being served from. > > On the authoritative nameserver: > [root@ftp /root]# cd /var/named > [root@ftp named]# grep 207 * > grep: old: Is a directory > [root@ftp named]# > > > I have restarted the nameserver, restarted the machine. Nothing. The > 207 address is still being pulled from somewhere, but I cannot, for the > life of me, figure out WHERE FROM. > > This nameserver is the -only- nameserver listed in the WHOIS record. Sorry I misread the first post. The problem is that www.essentialserver.com is registered as a nameserver. The GTLD servers are answering queries for that hostname. $ dig +trace www.essentialserver.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> +trace www.essentialserver.com ;; global options: printcmd . 47405 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 47405 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 436 bytes from 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1) in 36 ms com. 172800 IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 473 bytes from 192.5.5.241#53(F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) in 23 ms www.essentialserver.com. 172800 IN A 207.219.3.100 essentialserver.com. 172800 IN NS NS1.MERLINSOFTECH.com. essentialserver.com. 172800 IN NS NS2.MERLINSOFTECH.com. ;; Received 139 bytes from 192.5.6.30#53(A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET) in 82 ms Change the IP associated with the www.essentialserver.com host records or delete the nameserver record completely (contact your registrar). -- If JavaScript is walking alone late at night through a bad part of town with a pocket full of $20 bills, ActiveX is dropping your trousers in the middle of the yard of a maximum-security prison, bending over, and yelling 'Come and get it, boys!' -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9GLFQWpDEZMF673kRAopTAJ4hHT9ZCK8XH9Yy5zgLhJ8MNl0GMACfU+Zk bY+V41JtnNebPAH1J0WiQVA= =WrwF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----