bind8, TTL-Message

[Gene LeDuc]

Have new users pass a multiple choice quiz (with links to where the answers
can be found) in order to subscribe.
1. "No default TTL set using SOA minimum" means...
  a) fatal error, server crashed
  b) $TTL value not set in zone file
  c) ....

2. Which option prevents unrestricted zone transfers?
  a) ..
  b) ..

Regards,
Gene

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kevin Darcy [SMTP:kcd at daimlerchrysler.com]
> Sent:	Monday, March 20, 2000 4:16 PM
> To:	comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.uu.net
> Subject:	Re: bind8, TTL-Message
> 
> Barry Margolin wrote:
> 
> > Argh!  How can we stop people from asking this same question EVERY
> SINGLE
> > DAY?  This is not a write-only newsgroup, you should read it first.
> > Someone asked this same question yesterday, and I told him to read the
> > answer that was posted when someone asked the question a day or two
> before
> > that.
> 
> Well, supposedly this list/newsgroup is moderated, maybe the moderators
> could help
> (?) If the moderation is automated, then perhaps something could be
> inserted into
> the auto-moderation script to just mail back a mini-FAQ whenever the bot
> sees the
> "No default TTL ..." text (?)
> 
> 
> - Kevin
> 
> > But I'll take pity on you and answer it again.
> >
> > In article <8at0tl$7dn$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,
> >  <friedrich_kirsch at my-deja.com> wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >Every time I load a zone, I recieve this message:
> > >Zone "muc.han" (file muc/muc.han): No default TTL set using SOA minimum
> > >instead
> > >As far I can see, the TTL-time is set. Here is the SOA-Record of my
> > >zone:
> > >@ IN SOA ns1.muc.han. root.ns1.muc.han. (
> > >200003170 ; Serial
> > >8H ; Refresh
> > >2H ; Retry
> > >1W ; Expire
> > >2D) ; Minimum TTL
> > >How can I set a default-TTL other than in the SOA-Record?
> >
> > In BIND 8.2 the default TTL is set with a line that looks like:
> >
> > $TTL 2D
> >
> > Since you don't have such a line, it's reverting to the old behavior and
> > using the Minimum field from the SOA record, just like the message says.
> >
> > This is on the www.isc.org web site, on the Configuration File Hints
> page.
> >
> > --
> > Barry Margolin, barmar at bbnplanet.com
> > GTE Internetworking, Powered by BBN, Burlington, MA
> > *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to
> newsgroups.
> > Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the
> group.
> 
> 
> 
>