Re: [BINDNT] root problems (and MS DNS fix)

Josh Hillman ( (no email) )
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 18:06:07 -0400

These are the TTL records for mine (default):
These were obtained by doing an nslookup on the server running DNS.
The command was
ls -d root-servers.net
after creating the records/zone.

(2 3600 600 86400 3600)

Josh Hillman
hillman@talstar.com

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> From: Eric Fagan <mailserve@pdqnet.net>
> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> Subject: Re: [BINDNT] root problems (and MS DNS fix)
> Date: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 5:47 PM
>
> Hi-
> What should the TTL be set for these records? I definitely not a dns
> guru but I think I pretty much understand what this will do.... Also, I
> noticed the absence of servers j-m. When I created the zone, the A
records
> for all servers were there automatically, including j-m. I deleted them
to
> conform to your instructions... BTW, I noticed the problem again just as
I
> was getting ready to create this zone. It's not severe (yet) but I'm
sure
> worried. I guess I'll have to wait for the root servers to resolve
> themselves before this fix will work?
>
> Eric
>
> ----------
> > From: Josh Hillman <admin-maillist@talstar.com>
> > Subject: Re: [BINDNT] root problems (and MS DNS fix)
> > Date: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 7:21 AM
> -snip-
> > I used to have this problem, but back in December, I came up with an
> > interesting "cure" for it and haven't had a problem with MS DNS since.
> >
> > Create a new zone (primary) called "root-servers.net" as if you are
> > virtually hosting that domain name.
> -clip-
>
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