FW: Setting up full DNS on an intranet

[Bill Manning]

% 
% On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 09:52:05AM -0700, Bill Manning wrote:
% > % > .				360000	IN	NS	A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
% > % > A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.	360000		A	192.168.0.1
% > % > 
% > % No special format.  As Kevin said, this is to some degree Yet Another
% > % Zone File.  Put in your name server's real name instead of the name of
% > % the server "a.root-servers.net".  Make sure that the TTL is pretty high.
% > % 999999999 would not be totally unreasonable.
% > 
% > 	Er, experience has shown that a TTL that high is unreasonable.
% 
% Ah, I stuck in a few too many '9's, eh?  ;-]
% 

	Like nine to many. A TTL that does not expire will come
	back to haunt you. The TTL of 360000 is quite reasonable.


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--bill