Moha.qcdevs.org goes to an embarrassing web site

[PaulWAyers]

I have a domain moha.qcdevs.org reserved from an earlier version of model Hamiltonian, but we went to modelh.

I'm not sure what is going on, but now it goes to a rather embarrassing web site (certainly not one hosted by us).

I'm not sure how to fix this, so I'm opening it up for ideas. It isn't at all clear why it's happening to me; other web sites that I set up that don't seem to refer to a web site go to a 404 error instead. I did try to update the DNS security settings but I doubt(?) that was the issue.

[RichRick1]

Oh wow! I think when the domain hasn't been used it can be sold to anybody. It looks like people who bought the domain use for anything but model hamiltonians.

@PaulWAyers Does the domain still shows up at the square spaces under your name or we lost any control over it?

[PaulWAyers]

It still shows up on squarespace, as we have qcdevs.org.

So it's weird because the "last part" belongs to us. Perhaps if we link something to the moha.qcdevs.org then it overwrites it?

[kagwe]

@PaulWAyers @RichRick1 The subdomain moha likely has a legacy CNAME or A record pointing to an old host that someone else has now claimed. There must be an explicit record for moha still active; in the DNS settings, delete any record with the host moha, or overwrite it by pointing it to the new modelh site. Once the record is removed, the other site loses access instantly.