bind 8.2.1 & default TTL

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Mon Aug 2 21:35:39 UTC 1999


> What is the purpose of $TTL if the SOA TTL is used when $TTL is absent?
> What advantage does $TTL offer over simply using the TTL in the SOA?

There is no SOA TTL any more.  The field that used to be the SOA TTL is
now the "negative caching time".  For backwards compatibility, zone
files without a $TTL get the $TTL from that field.  But I believe that
this is a limited-time offer.  ;-)

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