cache

[Hayden Wimmer]

thanks for the help, i am the admin for the domain in question.  i thought
that restarting named did it but i wasnt sure....i can set the ttl's myself
too.  thanks again
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Reid" <jim at rfc1035.com>
To: "Hayden Wimmer" <hwimmer at bakerref.com>
Cc: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: cache


> >>>>> "Hayden" == Hayden Wimmer <hwimmer at bakerref.com> writes:
>
>     Hayden> how do i clear bind's cache
>
> Restart the server: "ndc restart".
>
>     Hayden> and where do i set the cache time option?
>
> Nowhere. The time some resource record sits in a name server's cache
> is determined by the DNS administrator who originally created that
> record in one of their zone files. One of the attributes of a DNS
> resource record is its time-to-live (TTL). The DNS administrator who
> creates the record decides what that TTL will be, not you. Unless you
> persuade every DNS administrator in the world to assign TTLs to the
> records they "own" that meet your demands, your server has to accept
> what it's given. So if it's told to cache some name for 5 seconds or 5
> years, that's just what it has to do.