Variation on the reset serial theme

[Gregory Hicks]

I did this once't... (Dog-gone fat fingers!)

Just set the TTL and related numbers to a REAL small number, waited for it to 
propogate (1 hour), then changed the serial number to the real number and waited 
for this to time out as well.  Use the formula to calculate smallest set of 
times you can use...  It is possible to get it below an hour.

Bumped the serial number as well as putting the real SOA back in, and Voila!  
things working again.

YMMV, as this was my experience...

Regards,
Gregory Hicks

> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> From: npa at glocalnet.com (James Wilde)
> Subject: Variation on the reset serial theme
> Date: 18 Nov 2002 01:50:07 -0800
> 
> 
> Please post replies only to the group.  This mail comes from an
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> 
> Standard problem.  We use CCYYMMDD##.  All fine and dandy.  Add
> 2147483647 and subtract 4294967296 if the result is over 4294967295.
> 
> Problem is that I accidentally used CCYYMMDD###, so even when I have
> subtracted 4294967296, the number exceeds 4294967295.  I have to
> subtract 4294967296 several times before I get a number that is under
> the magic limit.
> 
> I saw a message from Katharine somthing from 1997 saying that one must
> do the first addition and subtraction and use the result as a serial
> number, wait for all slaves to react, repeat the addition and
> subtraction, wait again, and so on until one has a serial under the
> limit.  Is this so, or can I make several subtractions in one go and
> use the result?
> 
> We're presently using version 8, upgrading later today to 9.
> 
> TIA
> 
> James
> 

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