bind 8.2.1 & default TTL

[Scott Morizot]

On 2 Aug 99, at 17:35, Joseph S D Yao wrote:
> > 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.  ;-)

Besides, even if used as the TTL by default, it is *still* used
for negative caching, I believe.  Most people probably don't
want the same value used for both purposes.

Scott