Minimun value for TTL

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Fri Jun 28 17:09:52 UTC 2002


Oswaldo Cuervo wrote:

> Hi list.
>
> Wich is the minimum value for TTL record, all of my domains have a 2d value
> for TTL.
>
> Can i configure a value of ten minutes or at least 30 minutes?

Yes, but it will increase the traffic to your nameservers and the workload of
everybody else's nameserver that tries to resolve names in your domain(s).
Going to 10 minutes or less is somewhat anti-social and should only be done
during a transition.


- Kevin





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