Search Again: Re: changing IP addresses From: andrew Date: Monday, January 29, 2001 Time: 11:24:46 am you're still going to have the problem of, potentially, hundreds of thousands of nameservers polling your server very often...yeesh...sort of a self-created Denial of Service attack! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitch Kahn" <mitch@middlecoast.net> To: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 12:42 PM Subject: Re: changing IP addresses > Should the expiration be even lower , say 43200 to make sure it > happens as soon as possible after the update? > > At 11:07 AM -0500 1/29/01, andrew wrote: > >those settings are really low...you might get bombarded with requests from > >nameservers every 5 minutes...why not use 3600? > > > >And yes, change the expiration to 86400, which will force a refresh daily. > >The expiration date is important. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mitch Kahn" <mitch@middlecoast.net> > >To: <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> > >Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 9:39 AM > >Subject: changing IP addresses > > > >> It looks like I will be switching upstream providers, which will mean > >> new IP addresses. > >> > >> I have changed the settings for: > >> Minimum to 300 > >> and > >> Time to Live to 300 > >> > >> Do I need to change the settings for : "Time to Expire;" "Refresh;" or > >"Retry?" > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> -- > >> ____ > >> > >> Mitch Kahn > >> mitch@middlecoast.net > >> 616.241.5650 Ext.10 > >> > >

Messages In This Thread: changing IP addresses by Mitch Kahn on Jan 29, 2001 at 6:41:38 am Re: changing IP addresses by andrew on Jan 29, 2001 at 8:05:43 am Re: changing IP addresses by Mitch Kahn on Jan 29, 2001 at 9:45:15 am Re: changing IP addresses by andrew on Jan 29, 2001 at 11:24:46 am Re: changing IP addresses by Men & Mice Support on Jan 29, 2001 at 5:56:31 pm