Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 20:09:06 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: web hosting with a dynamic IP address question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012012007440.45450-100000@shazam.int> In-Reply-To: <14887.12429.593035.880266@guru.mired.org>
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Mike Meyer wrote: > Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> types: > > On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, David Banning wrote: > > Interesting! I have been wondering about dynamic dns. What do > > they do about caching name servers? I find that changing the > > DNS entry takes a couple days to propagate.. > > All real dns servers cache. But the length of time they can cache an > entry is controled by the people who control the servers for that > domain. Servers for dynamic versions set that time to *very* short, so > the changes propagate quickly. The downside is that their servers get > pounded for updates. > However, some domains have rules as to the minimum time to live that you can spec. -Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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