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On Aug 2, 2007, at 18:16, Kevin Oberman wrote:

> Also, the root zone is updated twice a day, every day (at least to the
> extent of a serial number bump) whether it is needed or not.  
> Forcing the
> minimum refresh to once a day could delay the recognition of a new  
> zone
> for up to a day and that is not a good thing.

Well, if it's updated twice a day (every twelve hours), then use  
Nyquist and check every six hours. :)