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

[Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks FlashMan!,

~ T

flash22@xxxxxxx wrote:

> 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