Propagation of DNS Changes

[Mathias Körber]

> I don't have a parent nameserver. At least, not one I'm aware of. I

Sure you have. If your domain is "somedomain.com.au", then
"com.au" is your parent domain (and its nameservers your parent
nameservers, ie those holding the delegation to for your domain).
If ever you change the nameservers for your domain, you will need to
inform your parent to change the delegation too.

> have several secondaries/slaves, and they have all been updated with
> the new/correct ftp address. I say this because the log files show the
> transfers as taking place when I restart the named demon.

SO what is the problem? Care to show the output that you consider wrong?

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> Also, it wasn't the address of the >>nameserver<< I changed, it was
> the address of the box handling >>ftp<< requests.

Ok, so there is no concern with updating your parent in this case.
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> - Mark
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> On 16 Oct 2000 14:48:12 -0700, Mark.Andrews at nominum.com wrote:
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> >
> >	Mathias gave you some causes, but as this is the address of
> >	a nameserver dis you remember to inform the parent zone of
> >	the new IP address of the nameserver?  The parent zone has
> >	its own copy of the record so that the DNS doesn't get into
> >	a catch 22 of "need to have the address of the nameserver to
> >	get the address of the nameserver".
> >
> >	Mark
> >
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> >> I'm confused about how DNS changes propagate thru the internet and
> >> hope someone here can un-confuse me...
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> >> I recently discovered an error in the DNS on my server (which is =
the
> >> master for my ip domain) that involved the A record for my ftp.
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> >> I corrected this, and restarted named (8.2.2-p5), only to remember =
I
> >> had forgotten to update the date+serial number.
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> >> So I went back in, changed the date+serial #, and restarted named.
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> >> This last step happened several days ago. However, when I do an
> >> nslookup on my backup ISP account (earthlink.net), ftp resolves to =
my
> >> primary ip address, rather than the hosting service I use. If I do =
the
> >> nslookup but require the use of my own server, I get the correct
> >> answer (i.e., ftp maps to the ftp hosting service).
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> >> Have I screwed something up here by "iterating" the DNS changes and
> >> neglecting to update the date+serial # info until the very end? If =
so,
> >> how do I fix it?
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> >> Thanx in advance for any help and/or advice!
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> >> - Mark
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