From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 3 02:06:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B1C316A419; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:06:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marka@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (drugs.dv.isc.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:820:214:22ff:fed9:fbdc]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F7D013C457; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:06:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marka@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l7325uM9089088; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:05:57 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from marka@drugs.dv.isc.org) Message-Id: <200708030205.l7325uM9089088@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, dougb@freebsd.org From: Mark Andrews In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:42:47 +0200." <200708022042.l72Kglpk047695@lurza.secnetix.de> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:05:56 +1000 Sender: marka@isc.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:10:28 +0000 Cc: Subject: Re: named.conf restored to hint zone for the root by default X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:06:03 -0000 > Hi, > > Just for the record, I like the current solution, i.e. > default being a "hint" zone, and slave zones being > commented out, ready to be used for those who know > what they're doing. > > However, I noticed that the "refresh" interval of the > root zone is 1800, i.e. it would be fetched every 30 > minutes, even though the zone seems to be updated at > most once per day. Therefore, wouldn't it make sense > to add the following option to the slave zones? No, it is *NOT* fetched ever 30 minutes. The SOA is queried every 30 minutes (via UDP) and if the serial has increased then the zone is fetched. > min-refresh-time 86400; No. Let the root server operators make that choice. The refresh / retry limits in named are there for ISP's which slave 10's of thousands of client zones. > Best regards > Oliver > > -- > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. > Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: > secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- > chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart > > FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd > > "Perl will consistently give you what you want, > unless what you want is consistency." > -- Larry Wall > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org