$TTL errors

[Kevin Darcy]

"W. James Showalter, Jr." wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Barry Margolin wrote:
>
> > In article <a97d4a$kp4 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
> > W. James Showalter, Jr. <gamma at mintaka.iern.disa.mil> wrote:
> > >Assuming I have my time values right and if you are running Bind 9 you
> > >might try using the following in your named.conf file.
> > >
> > >options {
> > >         max-cache-ttl <# seconds>;
> > >};
> >
> > You either don't know what $TTL is for, or you don't know what the above
> > option does, because they have nothing to do with each other.
> >
> > Furthermore, please don't top-post.
> >
>
> Well, I know what $TTL is but I did make a mistake on interpreting the
> option and on top posting.  My apologies to the list.  However, the option
> *does* suppress the default TTL messages on Bind 9.

Hmmm... Yes, I just confirmed this myself. However, I'd chalk that up to a
*bug* because the two things logically don't have anything to do with each
other.


- Kevin