Noob - DNS question

David Botham dns at botham.net
Mon Sep 30 20:20:10 UTC 2002




> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of AB
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 7:23 PM
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> Subject: Noob - DNS question
> 
> I am running a small dns nameserver which is hosting about 20 domains
via
> a
> DSL connection.
> 
> If I set the TTL of these records to 1 hour rather than 7 days will I
be
> hammering my badwidth?

The answer to this question depends on so many variables that it is not
reasonable to attempt an answer.  I suggest that you set it up and test
it out.  If it works, you are golden.  If it does not, you are no worse
off than you are now.

Dave...


> I was looking into the possibility of acting as a dns for a dynamic IP
> webserver.
> Is this a pipe dream?
> 
> Thanks,
> ab
> 




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