Re: [cobalt-users] another netstat question.. [RaQ3i]

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Theodore Jones wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Recently a site left our server for another host machine.  After the
> site left I changed the domain-name of the stie to
> "www.placeholder_01.com", just to keep track of the IP number associated
> with the site.  Now however when I check my netstat(s), I can see that
> people were trying to "hit" that old address, and that it still reads as
> the old domain-name, not the new one... what gives with this?  Why don't
> these lines go away after a while in the netstat output -- it seems that
> they just pile up and display "CLOSE" in the state field of the output.
> Might anybody know what is going on here?

Did you change the nameserver info or just the vsite info? the name in the
vsite info won't change anything....all it determines is what names the
web server answers for...don't forget the reverse dns, if any...

Keep in mind that weird nameservers and web spiders will remember the old
domain name for quite a while (possably as much as a year)
not to mention peoples bookmarks...

If you want to be a nice neighbor, you could set the server so the IP
address issues redirects to their new site...assumes you care ;0

It's normal for closed connections to hang around for quite a while, it's
a security thing so people can't recycle tcp connections...

g