Cache strangeness

Robert Weber Robert.Weber at Colorado.EDU
Wed Nov 6 23:47:37 UTC 2002


> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 02:05:41PM -0700, Robert Weber wrote:
> > > 
> > > 	Named supports negative caching (caching of NXDOMAIN and
> > > 	NODATA responses).  The length of time this will be cached
> > > 	for is controlled by the servers for the reverse zone (see
> > > 	RFC 2308).  Named itself will put a upper limit on the ttl
> > > 	of negative answers it receives (see max-ncache-ttl, default
> > > 	3 hours).
> > > 
> > This is not a function that we wish to support, can this be turned off?
> 
> Mark pointed you to the answer already. See max-ncache-ttl. You can use
> that directive to set the max time your servers will cache the negative
> answer.

Right, 1 second, that should do it.  Thanks.


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