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Date:      Sun, 23 Apr 2000 19:39:22 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>
To:        Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@dc.ispro.net>
Cc:        Dave Dunaway <bela@nivek.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bind and the limit of serial number ???
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004231919540.79897-100000@arnold.neland.dk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004232010190.95679-100000@dc.ispro.net>

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On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Evren Yurtesen wrote:

> well ours is still working fine !
> thats why I asked this question, we did not realize that it went over 32
> bit boundary
> how can I understand if there is a problem or not?
> Evren
> 
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Dave Dunaway wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Put a number bigger than 2^32 and it will overflows.
> > 
> > > 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? what happens if we have a bigger number?
> > > then bind takes it like modulus 2^32? or it is forbidden to
> > > have a bigger number?
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Dave.
> > 
> > 
> > Dave Dunaway
> > bela@nivek.org
> > 
> 
> 
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