Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 19:16:05 +0200 (CEST) From: Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@dc.ispro.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bind and the limit of serial number ??? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004231749370.79897-100000@arnold.neland.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004231709530.95505-100000@dc.ispro.net>
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On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > Hello, > > is the bind have 32 bit unsigned integer variable for the serial > number part of the dns records? > if yes, it means that we cant have a number bigger than > 4294967296 right? Somewhere I read something like: "The format YYYYMMDDnn" is often used for the serial number. We know this wil break in the year 4294, but we are not worried about that." > what happens if we have a bigger number? > then bind takes it like modulus 2^32? I once put in an extra digit in the serial number. This made a secondary use a serial number, which was larger than mine, and could probably be the modulus 2^32. I had to call the hostmaster there (A "3.rd secondary" hosted at our uplink) to get the zonefile removed, so the right one would be reloaded. > or it is forbidden to > have a bigger number? Not only forbidden, impossible... Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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