just a few basic questions

[Steve Job]

> Is this a DNS feature ?

Yes, it's the TTL that you set on the record.


> Do I have to wait TTL seconds to see my IP address exported to external DNSes ?

You got it.

-Steve


On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, William Gacquer wrote:

> I am new to bind. 
> 
> I just changed the IP address of www.mydomain.ext, and restarted bind.
> Locally,
>      dig www.mydomain.ext 
> works and shows the right (new) IP adress.
> 
> Remotelly, ( from your place, for instance ), the name is not correctly resolved and points to the old value.
> 
> Is this a DNS feature ?
> Do I have to wait TTL seconds to see my IP address exported to external DNSes ?
> 
> Sorry for this beginner question.
> 
> William
>