nslookup correct, ping is wrong...why?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9obfsu$ifa at pub3.rc.vix.com>, Eoin Miller <uce at ftc.gov> wrote:
>huh? the serial number is just a way of tracking the date you modified the
>file is my understanding.

Where did you get that idea?  The serial number is used by slave servers to
determine whether the master server has a newer version of the zone.
Formatting it in the style of a date is a popular convention, totally
unrelated to its technical purpose.

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