Re: octave.org DNS problems

[Bill Denney]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> I still think the problem is that the ns0{3,4}.sbusiness.net
> nameservers are listed is the problem.  I don't think these are coming
> from a bad cache.  As far as I know, they really are listed as
> nameservers for the domain when they should not be there now.  Back
> whent eh domain was first registered in 2000, we initially had
> ns0{1,2,3,4}.sbusiness.net listed as the nameservers for octave.org
> because those were the default nameservers available with whoever was
> the registrar for the domain (Network Solutions?).  Later, we replaced
> ns0{1,2}.sbusiness.net with two wisc.edu nameservers, but apparently
> the ns0{3,4}.sbusiness.net servers were never removed.  At some point
> the sbusiness.net nameservers disappeared, and now it looks like some
> squatter has picked them up and has them returning bogus information.
> At least I think that's what is happening.  If we could find out for
> sure whether the ns0{2,3}sbusiness.net nameservers really are listed
> as secondary nameservers for the domain, that would help.  If they
> are listed, they should be removed.  Otherwise, I think we will
> continue to have problems.  If they are not listed as secondary
> nameservers for the domain in the registrar records, then I think we
> have a cache problem.
Sbusiness are (almost) definitely listed in the registrar records. 
Checking with whois returns them and wisc.edu with them listed first. 
Using dig to find out about the DNS records indicates that they just
respond by default to any requests pointing to their web servers.

The info just needs to be changed at the registrars.

Have a good day,

Bill