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BxBoy 03-04-2003 09:47 PM
[DNS/NAMED] What is the SOA?
 
Hi, can someone explain the SOA in the DNS domain zone file to me? (specifically this part)

Quote:
$TTL 3D
@ IN SOA ns.bxboy.com. bxboy@bxboy.com. (
200208231 ; serial, todays date + todays serial #
8H ; refresh, seconds
2H ; retry, seconds
4W ; expire, seconds
1D ) ; minimum, seconds
What does the above numbers mean? btw, those are my current settings for my DNS server, are they good?

Thanks.

bbenz3 03-09-2003 04:31 PM
Here is a site that I fould to be rather helpful when I was trying to setup a DNS server. It explains a good bit about setting one up and what different parts mean. here


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