[NTLUG:Discuss] OT - nslookup question

Greg Edwards greg at nas-inet.com
Fri Sep 17 13:52:29 CDT 2004


Chris Albertson wrote:
> However, normally the authoritative server issues the TTL for each 
> record, not the server cacheing the reply.
> So, you, as the local server admin, don't have too much control over 
> TTL's of other domain records.
> 
> Chris
> 
> Greg Edwards wrote:
> 
>> Server admins can reduce the exposure of bad addresses by using a 
>> fairly short TTL value, among other things.
>>

Sorry if I wasn't clear.  The "authoritative" server admin can effect the 
exposure of a bad address using the TTL value.

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