minimum RR TTL cache configuration

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu Jul 12 17:06:00 UTC 2001


Guy Pazi wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In order to minimize dns traffic I would like to cache received RRs for a
> minimum time period; lets say one week.
> Is it possible? How common is it? Am I way over standards?

Yes, you are violating standards. If a zone owner has a TTL less than a
week, they are saying that they want changes to that RRset to propagate in
less than a week. Your scheme would defeat that.


- Kevin





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