On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:38 PM, ashwin kesavan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I see a strange dns problem. When i do a dig <somesite.com> it resolves > to a ip that i own. This ip is in USA and i am doing dig from chennai. My > ISP and this USA hosting providers have no known relation.
Everything is resolved by the NS records for your domain. Have you *changed* the NS records for your domain within the last couple of days? The NS changes take a few hours to propagate. > Then how is > the dns name is able to resolve to my hosted ip ? What is the problem here? Isn't this what you want it to be? > Strange thing is online > dns lookup tools don't resolve to this IP. > Why does my dig is able to > resolve while online tools aren't ? The sites must be using an old cache. IMO you should pose the question to them. > I dont have any hosts entry. Great - many a times the problem is the hosts file. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
