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The reverse is the problem here: your domain, somebody elses server

susam 6y ago
> The reverse is the problem here: your domain, somebody elses server Why would my domain point to somebody else's server? The original post says, "It seems that the owner had it pointed to a Linode instance/IP which was then abandoned and was subsequently "inherited" by me." As per my reading of this, it sounds like the domain name is owned by someone else that points to an IP address of the poster's server. My comment was meant for a scenario like this where if someone else's domain name points to my server's IP address and a visitor visits my web server via that domain name, then my server will close the connection without response.
- sleepydog 6y ago
  The OP is putting himself in the domain owner's shoes. It's a mild inconvenience for the OP, but what if the OP was a bad guy? He could have setup a site that looked like the old one saying "unstoppable is back! Log in and update your payment info!" but stole credit card info or passwords. The owner of the domain should have been more careful to delete their A records once they no longer owned the IP address. IPv4 addresses are finite and it's not surprising for a housing provider to recycle them.
  - susam 6y ago
    Thank you for clarifying the OP's intention. It indeed makes sense to advise the domain registrants to be careful about cleaning up stale DNS entries. Yes, if a domain points to IP addresses of servers we do not control, many bad things can happen. Here is a really interesting security disclosure related to stale DNS entries that comes to my mind: https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/subdomain-microsoft-azure.html https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/subdomain-microsoft-azure.... .
- detaro 6y ago
  > "It seems that the owner had it pointed to a Linode instance/IP which was then abandoned and was subsequently "inherited" by me." answers the "Why would my domain point to somebody else's server?", doesn't it?

> The reverse is the problem here: your domain, somebody elses server Why would my domain point to somebody else's server? The original post says, "It seems that the owner had it pointed to a Linode instance/IP which was then abandoned and was subsequently "inherited" by me." As per my reading of this, it sounds like the domain name is owned by someone else that points to an IP address of the poster's server. My comment was meant for a scenario like this where if someone else's domain name points to my server's IP address and a visitor visits my web server via that domain name, then my server will close the connection without response.

sleepydog 6y ago
The OP is putting himself in the domain owner's shoes. It's a mild inconvenience for the OP, but what if the OP was a bad guy? He could have setup a site that looked like the old one saying "unstoppable is back! Log in and update your payment info!" but stole credit card info or passwords. The owner of the domain should have been more careful to delete their A records once they no longer owned the IP address. IPv4 addresses are finite and it's not surprising for a housing provider to recycle them.
- susam 6y ago
  Thank you for clarifying the OP's intention. It indeed makes sense to advise the domain registrants to be careful about cleaning up stale DNS entries. Yes, if a domain points to IP addresses of servers we do not control, many bad things can happen. Here is a really interesting security disclosure related to stale DNS entries that comes to my mind: https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/subdomain-microsoft-azure.html https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/subdomain-microsoft-azure.... .
detaro 6y ago
> "It seems that the owner had it pointed to a Linode instance/IP which was then abandoned and was subsequently "inherited" by me." answers the "Why would my domain point to somebody else's server?", doesn't it?