NS TTL Discrepancy??

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Craig Isdahl <craig at dashsystems.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,

> I have a question regarding TTLs, we are seeing discrepancy between our
> NS TTL values (3600) and the parent server TTL values (172800).

> For example,
> http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=smokingpipes.com
> shows the error (halfway down the page).  This same error shows for
> Network Solutions
> http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=networksolutions.com
> (independent example).

> What problems will this cause? How do I fix it?

It's not the discrepancy that is bad, it's the low TTL on NS ( and a records
fro these) that causes delays and timeouts.

The cure is simple, make them have a larger TTL, start with a day.

> Thanks!
> - Craig



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