Noob - DNS question

Saad Kadhi bsdguy at docisland.org
Mon Sep 30 20:20:06 UTC 2002


On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 11:23:28PM +0000, AB wrote:
> I am running a small dns nameserver which is hosting about 20 domains via a
> DSL connection.
> 
> If I set the TTL of these records to 1 hour rather than 7 days will I be
> hammering my badwidth?
> I was looking into the possibility of acting as a dns for a dynamic IP
> webserver.
> Is this a pipe dream?
If the webserver has got a dynamic IP, why don't you let its administrator make
use of Dynamic DNS ? that way, you won't have to modify the TTL for the zone but
only for the RR corresponding to the webserver

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