very strange DNS problem, (whoa , many responses) clarification

[Walker (Zachary) Tippit]

--- Charles Steinkuehler <charles at steinkuehler.net>
wrote:
> Walker (Zachary) Tippit wrote:
[snip]

> 
> Note the long timeout in your cache dump, above, and
> the incorrect IP 
> address.
> 

Ok, that makes sense, I just did a new dump and the
timeout is now down to 95,000 seconds or so.  

> I suspect the folks at nbbc.edu moved their
> nameservers (or renumbered 
> their whole network), but didn't remember to crank
> down the TTL settings 
> in their zone files.  As a result, they will have
> intermittent name 
> resolution until all the dirty information cached in
> DNS servers across 
> the internet expires.
> 

This sounds like a good conclusion, but I'm still a
bit mystified as to why my nameserver has this problem
when every other nameserver I try seems to work just
fine.  Why am I the only one who's got stale data?  

thanks,

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